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Moss-Richardson Prospect

Occurrence in Halifax county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055332
MRDS ID RE00640
Record type Site
Current site name Moss-Richardson Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dryden Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.88832, 36.23647 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Essex(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke Rapids(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norfolk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fishing(hydrologic unit)

Pamlico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • DIGITIZED FROM 1:24000 SCALE MAP FROM LOCATION GIVEN BY CARPENTER (1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Silicic

Analytical data

Result DRILL CORE ASSAYS RANGE FROM 0.74 TO 0.06 % MO

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.88832, 36.23647
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 65-89 N
    Length 550M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Veins Within Granite Stock

Comments on the geologic information

  • DRYDEN VEIN TRENDS EASTERLY AND DIPS NORTH WITHIN GRANITE STOCK (SAME HOST STOCK AS THE BOY SCOUT PROSPECT). MOLYBDENITE IS PRIMARILY IN QUARTZ VEINS AND PODS WITH MINOR DISSEMINATIONS IN ADJACENT ROCKS. SCHISTOSITY IN THE SERICITIC COUNTRY ROCK WRAPS PARALLELS THE STOCK CONTACTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS AND DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • EVALUATED BY THE USBM IN 1943,44,46 WITH TRENCHING AND 32 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TOTALLING 7701 FT. BEAR CREEK AND NEW JERSEY ZINC EXPLORED IN 1967-68.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    KOSCHMAN, 1943

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, P.A.,III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 84, P. 34-35.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, A.F., MCINTOSH, F.K., AND BALLARD, T.J., 1947, BOY-SCOUT JONES AND MOSS-RICHARDSON MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS, HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C., 9P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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