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Newell Prospect

Occurrence in Cabarrus county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095910
MRDS ID RE00639
Record type Site
Current site name Newell Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.55091, 35.28316 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cabarrus(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rocky(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pee Dee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pee Dee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cabarrus

Comments on the location information

  • MIDPOINT OF DEPOSIT DEFINED BY DRILLING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Epidotitic, Silicic, Biotite, Topaz

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS ON DRILL CORE AVERAGED 0.03% CU AND 0.02% MO
Result HIGHEST GRADES WERE 0.1% CU AND 0.03% M0.

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.55091, 35.28316
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Eastern Charlotte Belt

Ore body information

  • General form LARGE OVOID STOCK
    Length 1200M
    Width 2400M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz-Sulfide Veinlets And Zones Of Disseminated Sulfide Minerals

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ DIORITE IS INTRUDED BY A QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK (6 X 12 KM). IN THE PROSPECT AREA THE QUARTZ MONZONITE IS INTRUDED BY AN ADDITIONAL DISTINCTIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE WHICH CONTAINS THE DISSEMINATED AND VEIN CONTROLLED CU-MO DEPOSIT.u SERICITE IS DISSEMINATED AND PRESENT IN ALTERATION ENVELOPES SURROUNDINGu QUARTZ-SULFIDE VEINLETS. EPIDOTE ALTERATION IS MAPPED ADJACENT TO THEu SERICITIC ZONE ON THE SOUTHEAST. THE SERICITICALLY ALTERED ROCKS AREu ROUGHLY 1.2 X 2.4 KM IN DIMENSION. THE HOST DIORITE CONTAINS A DOMINANTLYu PROPYLLITIC ALTERATION ASSEMBLAGE, WHEREAS THE QUARTZ MONZONITE MAY CONTAINu SERICITE, BIOTITE, TOPAZ, EPIDOTE, AND ACTINOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Discoverer Bear Creek Mining Company

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • A DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM CONSISTING OF 16 HOLES FOLLOWED GEOCHEMICAL STREAM SEDIMENT AND SOIL SAMPLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    WORTHINTON AND LUTZ, 1975

  • Deposit

    WORTHINGTON, J.E., AND LUTZ, N.R., 1975, PORPHYRY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM MINERALIZATION AT THE NEWELL PROSPECT, CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V. 17, NO.1, P. 1-14

Reporter information

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

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