Description
Bear Creek Copper Mine Co. Of Wilmington, N. C.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formCONCORDANT WITH METAMORPHIC FOLIATION - TABULAR
Ore controlShearing In Coarse Felsic Lithic Tuff.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueChlorite, Epidote, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureNe-Trending Folds Overturned To The East
AlterationChlorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1944
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10098194
MRDS IDK005042
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.53038, -79.48726
References
CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.NIXON, E.C., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HARPERS CROSSROADS AREA, SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUTNY, NORTH CAROLINA: M.S. THESIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, 39 P.