North Carolina · Jackson County
Occurrence

Caney Fork Bald Prospect

Jackson County, North Carolina, United States
IronCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist · Muscovite Schist And Gneiss: Mica-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; Schist Is Generally Graphitic And Sulfidic, Commonly Garnetiferous And/Or Sillimanite Bearing (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026290
MRDS IDK003541
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.37233, -83.04154
References
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, 1:250,000ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1944, COPPER DEPOSITS IN JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 10 P