Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Sulfur-Pyrite
TertiaryIron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Muscovite Schist And Gneiss: Mica-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Metasandstone; Schist Is Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic, And Commonly Garnetiferous (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
AlterationLimonite Gossan After Weathering Of Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088541
MRDS IDK003532
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.36761, -83.11627
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