Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Iron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES AND PODS
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueAugite, Biotite, Hornblende, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPyroxenite,Plutonic Rock · Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist And Gneiss, Locally Contains Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Thinly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss; Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schist (Hadley And Nelson, 1971). Hunter And Murdock (1943) Refer To The Host Rock As ...An Augite-Hornblende Complex..., Which In Turn Is Bordered By Hornblende Gneiss And Mica Schist
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
AlterationLimonite Gossan After Weathered Sulfides
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Identification
Deposit ID10026282
MRDS IDK003527
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.264, -83.15349
References
ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 179, 165 P.LARSEN, L.T., POTOSKY, R.A., AND RIBBE, P.H., 1968, GEOCHEMISTRY OF COBALT AND NICKEL IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MASSIVE SULPHIDE ORES (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA, SOUTHEASTERN SECTION, PROGRAM FOR MEETING, APR. 1968, P. 51.HADLEY, J.B., AND NELSON, A.E., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KNOXVILLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-654, 1:250,000.ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1944, COPPER DEPOSITS IN JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 10 P.HUNTER, C.E., AND MURDOCK, T.G., 1943, CULLOWHEE COPPER MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN COPPER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AND NORTH CAROLINA CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT OPEN-FILE REPORT, 39 P.1935 OTHER ROSS, C.S., P. 89-90.1943 OTHER HUNTER AND MURDOCK, TVA, REPORTHUNTER AND MURDOCK, 1943.ESPENSHADE, 1944.