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Cassana Kid Prospect

Occurrence in Chatham county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026421
MRDS ID K005041
Record type Site
Current site name Cassana Kid Prospect
Related records 10247871

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.55255, 35.51899 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.2 MILES SOUTH OF BENNETT AND 11.5 MI. SOUTHWEST OF BEAR CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chatham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Deep(hydrologic unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cape Fear(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Chatham

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BEAR CREEK 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO METALLIZATION OBSERVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.55255, 35.51899
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIT OPENED IN IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN IN FELSIC CRYSTAL TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chatham County Copper Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1.37M
    Overall width 0.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE PROSPECT PIT IS PRESENT, 4.5 FT. LONG, 3 FT. WIDE AND 2 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Carpenter Iii, Albert P. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

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