Mine detail: Clegg Copper Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.59065, -79.13336

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	PODS AND LENSES
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1890

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	Nw-Trending Fracture System
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Carbonate, Sericitic

References

MRDS	RE00511
DEP	10055226
Reference	{Deposit:: BABIKER, H.M., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CLEGG COPPER MINE AND VICINITY, LEE AND CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, P.A.,III, 1976, METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CAROLINA SLATE BELT, NORTH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.}
Reporter	Klein, T.L.