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Graham Prospect

Occurrence in Chatham county in North Carolina, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026423
MRDS ID K005044
Record type Site
Current site name Graham Prospect
Related records 10296993

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.28365, 35.69481 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.0 MI. SOUTHWEST OF PITTSBORO AND 10.6 MI. EAST - SOUTHEAST OF SILER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chatham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Siler City NE(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Chatham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritic, Carbonate

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) -79.28365, 35.69481
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN AND CALCITE STRINGERS IN TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chatham County Copper Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROSPECT CONSISTS OF A 20 FT. SQUARE PIT THAT IS 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERRY, E. W., 1943, THE COPPER PROSPECTS OF CHATHAM COUNTY: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. INV. 43 (OPEN-FILE), 8 P.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Carpenter Iii, Albert P. North Carolina Division of Land Resources

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