Commodities
PrimaryIron, Pig Iron, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlConglomerate And Grit
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite
GangueFeldspar, Quartz, Zircon
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock · Unicoi Formation (Basal Chilhowee Group); Thick Sequence Of Feldspathic Sandstone, Arkose, Conglomerate, Graywacke, Siltstone, And Shale, Locally Pyritized
StructureNortheast - Trending Strike Belt
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026370
MRDS IDK004774
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.91759, -82.86848
References
KOPP, O. C., AND MAHER, S. W., 1968, PYRITIZED CONGLOMERATE AT SHUT - IN CREEK, MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA, SOUTHEASTERN SEC., PROGRAM, P. 50 - 511968 OTHER KOPP AND MAHER, TENN. DIV. GEOL., ABSTR