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Clegg Copper Mine

Past Producer in Lee county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055226
MRDS ID RE00511
Record type Site
Current site name Clegg Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.13336, 35.59065 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cape Fear(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 Lee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Carbonate, Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.13336, 35.59065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Fracture System

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 90
    Width 12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ZONE IS RESTRICTED TO THE FELSIC TUFF UNIT IN NW-TRENDING PRE-METAMORPHICuFRACTURES. QUARTZ VEINS ARE DISCONTINUOUS AND POD-LIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of last production 1890

Mining district

District name Chatham County Copper Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 790M
    Overall depth 244M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR VERTICAL SHAFTS WERE SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 244 M. THE THREE SHAFTS SUNK DURING EARLY DEVELOPMENT EXTENDED TO 60 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BABIKER, H.M., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CLEGG COPPER MINE AND VICINITY, LEE AND CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P.A.,III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 84, P. 40.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS RANGE FROM 1-2 M THICK WITH N-S TREND AND VERTICALuDIPS. QUARTZ VEINS ARE LENSOIDAL, SEVEN VEINS ARE PRESENT INuA 12 M WIDTH IN PARTS OF THE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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