Mine detail: Barringer Phillips Prospect

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Location: Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.52454, -79.44698
dep_id: 10026424
mrds_id: K005046
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Disseminated Sulfide Minerals Associated With Quartz Stringer
Reporter: Carpenter Iii, Albert P., Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Tuff
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.
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