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Haw Branch Road Prospect

Occurrence in Moore 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055238
MRDS ID RE00523
Record type Site
Current site name Haw Branch Road Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.07197, 35.92537 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chapel Hill(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Haw(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 Moore

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritic, Calcitic, Silicic, Epidotitic

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.85% CU, 0.02 OPT AU, AND 0.18 OPT AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.07197, 35.92537
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zone In Basalt Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Length 350M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIATED ZONE IN BASALT MAY EXTEND FROM THE WHITE PYROPHYLLITE MINE TOuTHE WEST WHERE A SIMILAR UNIT WAS ENCOUNTERED. BRECCIA APPEARS BOTH PIPE-LIKEuAND STRATIFORM (OR CONCORDANT LENSES).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Glendon

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennessee Copper Co. Conducted Exploration

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 46M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND A TRENCH THAT IS 50 FEET LONG, 10 FEET DEEP AND 20 FEET WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    CONLEY, 1962

  • Deposit

    POWERS, J.A., UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNC CHAPEL HILL.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 76.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BASALT BRECCIA PIPES AND ADJACENT SILICEOUS HEMATITIC TUFFITEuSUGGEST A SUBMARINE EXHALATIVE ORIGIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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