Mine detail: Bear Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.53038, -79.48726

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	CONCORDANT WITH METAMORPHIC FOLIATION - TABULAR
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1944

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Ne-Trending Folds Overturned To The East
Alteration processes:	Chlorite

References

MRDS	K005042
DEP	10098194
Reference	{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.}{Deposit:: NIXON, E.C., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HARPERS CROSSROADS AREA, SOUTHWESTERN CHATHAM COUTNY, NORTH CAROLINA: M.S. THESIS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, 39 P.}
Reporter	Carpenter Iii, Albert P., Klein, T.L.