Mine detail: Sloan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.61259, -79.18504

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Limonite, Pyrite, Specularite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1888

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	Ne-Trending West-Verging Doubly-Plunging Folds And Axis Parallel Faults., Shearing Adjacent To Quartz Vein.
Alteration processes:	Chloritized, Carbonated, And Bleached.

References

MRDS	K005159
DEP	10026487
Reference	{Deposit:: BERRY, E.W., 1943, THE COPPER PROSPECTS OF CHATHAM COUNTY: N.C. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. OF INV. 43, 8 P.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P.A. III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, N.C.: N.C. MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION BULL. 84, 166 P.}
Reporter	Carpenter Iii, Albert P., Klein, T.L.