Mine detail: Otto Prospect

Previously called 'Sheenah ProspectLittle Coweetah Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.06539, -83.31516

Resource(B)

Primary:	Iron, Pig Iron, Copper
Tertiary:	Sulfides, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Biotite, Calcite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Garnet, Hornblende, Oligoclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Coweeta Group
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Gneiss,Granite
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:	Iron, Calcium, And Silica Enrichment; Biotite, Hornblende, Calcite, And Quartz

References

MRDS	K000866
DEP	10025189
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Fagan, James M., Klein, T.L.