| Deposit ID | 10098194 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K005042 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bear Creek Mine |
| Related records | 10296658 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.48726, 35.53038 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4.1 MI. SOUTHEAST OF BENNETT AND 8.2 MI. SOUTHWEST OF BEAR CREEK (TOWN). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chatham(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bear Creek(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Chatham |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | Felsic Metavolcanic Rock |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The East |
| General form | CONCORDANT WITH METAMORPHIC FOLIATION - TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1942 |
| Discoverer | Bear Creek Copper Mine Co. Of Wilmington, N. C. |
| Year of first production | 1944 |
| District name | Chatham County Copper |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 7M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K005042 |
CARPENTER, P. A., III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84, 166 P.
NIXON, E.C., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HARPERS CROSSROADS AREA, SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUTNY, NORTH CAROLINA: M.S. THESIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, 39 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROBABLY CONTINUOUS WITH THE PHILLIPS MINE. SULFIDE MINERALSuIN DISSEMINATED AND IN PATCHES, AND ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZuAND QUARTZ-EPIDOTE VEINLETS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1976 | Carpenter Iii, Albert P. | North Carolina Division of Land Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1993 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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