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Gilmore-Hart 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026422
MRDS ID K005043
Record type Site
Current site name Gilmore-Hart Prospect
Related records 10199887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.3642, 35.68565 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.2 MI. SOUTHEAST OF SILER CITY AND 5.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLDSTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chatham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Siler City NE(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.3642, 35.68565
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Chatham County Copper District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hamilton Lumber Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS ON PROPERTY. ONE SHAFT IS SIX TO 12 FT. DEEP AND 10 FT. SQUARE AT SURFACE OF GROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERRY, E. W., 1943, THE COPPER PROSPECTS OF CHATHAM COUNTY: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. INV. 43 (OPEN-FILE), 8 P.

  • 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
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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