Commodities
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Gneiss And Schist, 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)
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10091926
MRDS IDK003540
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.23067, -83.19016
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