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Duke Forest Prospect

Occurrence in Orange county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084179
MRDS ID W101210
Record type Site
Current site name Duke Forest Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.02892, 35.99453 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.35 MI WEST ON S.R. 1718 FROM INTERSECTION BETWEEN S.R. 1718 AND A.R. 1719, TURN LEFT ONTO CONCRETE BRIDGE ROAD AND PROCEED 0.65 MI SOUTH.

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 Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Covellite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.02892, 35.99453
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gossan In Brecciated Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIATED FELSIC TUFF CONTAINS BRECCIATED, GOSSANOUS QUARTZ VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 5M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL PROSPECT PITS 25 METERS APART.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, 1976, P.101; ALLEN WILSON, 1968, P. 46-47; LESURE, F.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, E.P., AND WILSON, W.F., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF MIENRAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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