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Weaver-Carr Prospect

Occurrence in Orange county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084182
MRDS ID W101213
Record type Site
Current site name Weaver-Carr Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.04697, 35.9612 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.4 MILES NORTH OF CHAPEL HILL

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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED COMBINING THE WEAVER-CARR AND THE NUNN MOUNTAIN MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.04697, 35.9612
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN SHEAR CONTACT BETWEEN THE FELSIC TUFF AND QUARTZ DIORITE. PYRITE ISuDISSEMINATED IN THE 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 6M
    Overall length 5.49M
    Overall width 3.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, 1976, P. 103; ALLEN AND WILSON, 1968, P.46; LESURE, F

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE INTERSECTS A N 40 W TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN.

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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