Commodities
PrimarySulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist And Gneiss, Locally Containing Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schist (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatites
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10088542
MRDS IDK003542
Alternate namesSullins Prospect, Brush Creek Prospect, Little Panther Knob Prospect, Mcguire Mine.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.11372, -83.24044
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, 1:250,000.LAURENCE, R.A., 1950, B.C. MUNDAY ZINC-COPPER PROSPECT, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.