Mine detail: Phillips Mine

Previously called 'Millright Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.54677, -79.4342

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1942, 1943
First production started: 1942
Last production ended: 1943

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:Ne-Trending Metamorphic Foliation, Local Shearing
Alteration processes:Chlorite, Sericite

References

MRDSK005039
DEP10026419
Reference{Analytical Data:: SEE NIXON, 1954}{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84, 166 P.; NIXON, E.C., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HARPERS CROSSROADS AREA, SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, UNPUBLISHED MASTE* THESIS: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY- RALEIGH, 39 P. SEE ALSO CONELY, 1958, P.20; PRATT, 1902, P.26.; KERR AND HANNA, 1888, P. 214; PARDEE AND PARK, 1948, P. 62..}{Deposit:: NIXON, E.C., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HARPERS CROSSROADS AREA, SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUNTY, NORHT CAROLINA: M.S. THESIS NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, 39 P.}{Production:: CARPENTER, P. A., III, NORTH CAROLINA MINERAL RESOURCES SEC. BULL. 84}
ReporterCarpenter Iii, Albert P., Klein, T.L.