Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryZinc
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Muscovite Schist And Gneiss: Mica-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; Schist Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic, Commonly Garnetiferous And/Or Sillimanite Bearing (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatites
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
AlterationLimonite Gossan After Weathering Of Sulfides
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10095001
MRDS IDK003537
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.29344, -83.11238
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. HENDRY, L., 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE GUNSTOCKER COPPER MINE, COWARTS, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: CULLOWHEE, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P