| Location: | Lee County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.59065, -79.13336 |
| dep_id: | 10055226 |
| mrds_id: | RE00511 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Zinc, Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Hydrothermal Vein |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | PODS AND LENSES |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Silicic, Carbonate, Sericitic |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Fluids Precipitating Copper Sulfide Minerals Along Nw-Trending Faults |
| ore_ctrl: | Nw-Trending Faults |
| Reporter: | Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_type: | Tuff |
| Structure: | Nw-Trending Fracture System |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1890 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1890 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BABIKER, H.M., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CLEGG COPPER MINE AND VICINITY, LEE AND CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH.
- Deposit:: CARPENTER, P.A.,III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 84, P. 40.
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