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Barringer Phillips 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026424
MRDS ID K005046
Record type Site
Current site name Barringer Phillips Prospect
Related records 10127155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.44698, 35.52454 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.2 MI. SOUTHEAST OF BENNETT AND 8.1 MI. SOUTHWEST OF GOLDSTON.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Chatham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -79.44698, 35.52454
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Sulfide Minerals Associated With Quartz Stringer

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carolina Slate Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS WERE OPENED ON THE PROPERTY. ONE PIT WAS 12 FEET DEEP, AND THE SECOND PIT WAS 13 FEET 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
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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