Mine detail: Newell Prospect

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Location: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.28316, -80.55091
dep_id: 10095910
mrds_id: RE00639
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: LARGE OVOID STOCK
model: 79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
alteration: Sericitic, Epidotitic, Silicic, Biotite, Topaz
ore_ctrl: Quartz-Sulfide Veinlets And Zones Of Disseminated Sulfide Minerals
Reporter: Klein, T.L.
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Eastern Charlotte Belt
disc_yr: 1965
discr: Bear Creek Mining Company
References:
  • Analytical Data:: WORTHINTON AND LUTZ, 1975
  • Deposit:: WORTHINGTON, J.E., AND LUTZ, N.R., 1975, PORPHYRY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM MINERALIZATION AT THE NEWELL PROSPECT, CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V. 17, NO.1, P. 1-14
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