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Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Alamance county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026441
MRDS ID K005070
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prospect
Related records 10150889

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.4642, 35.87898 (WGS84)
Relative position 15.1 MI SOUTH OF BURLINGTON. 2 MI SOUTHWEST OF SNOW CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamance(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(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 Alamance

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROSPECT WAS IN GOSSAN. ORE MINERALS NOT IDENTIFIED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

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) -79.4642, 35.87898
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 10.97M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS IN GOSSAN MATERIAL. COUNTRY ROCK CONTAINS MINOR SULFIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF TWO SHAFTS AND A TRENCH. THEY ARE NOW FILLED TO WITHIN 5 - 10 FT OF THE SURFACE. SHAFTS FORM A LINE TRENDING N 45 DEG W. TRENCH STRIKES N 70 DEG W.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE DUMP MATERIAL REMAINED IN 1966. NO METALLIZATION WAS OBSERVED IN QUARTZ VEIN AT THAT TIME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Mc Daniel, Ronald D. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

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