| Location: | Macon County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.06539, -83.31516 |
| dep_id: | 10025189 |
| mrds_id: | K000866 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron, Pig Iron, Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Sulfides, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Barite, Biotite, Calcite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Garnet, Hornblende, Oligoclase, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| model: | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| alteration: | Iron, Calcium, And Silica Enrichment; Biotite, Hornblende, Calcite, And Quartz |
| conc_proc: | Remobilized Submarine Hot Spring Deposits |
| ore_ctrl: | Bedding |
| Reporter: | Fagan, James M., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_unit: | Coweeta Group |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_type: | Gneiss,Granite |
| Structure: | Northeast |
| tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 179, 165 P.
- Deposit:: 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. MAP I-654, 1:250,000.
- Deposit:: RANKIN, H.S., AND STUCKEY, J.L., 1943, COPPER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AND NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 39 P.
- Deposit:: 1935 OTHER ROSS, C.S., P. 87-89.
- Deposit:: 1966 RECON TVA
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