Location: | Graham County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.43677, -83.85212 |
dep_id: | 10025754 |
mrds_id: | K001689 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Iron |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Stratabound Exhalative |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
model: | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
conc_proc: | Precipitation From Hydrothermal Fluids Associated With Submarine Hot Springs |
ore_ctrl: | Specific Strata |
Reporter: | Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L. |
hrock_unit: | Great Smoky Group, Massive Sandstone |
hrock_type: | Sandstone |
Structure: | Folded Blue Ridge Province |
tectonic: | Blue Ridge Province |
disc_yr: | 1939 |
discr: | D.B. Burns |
References: |
- Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF SOME COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1142-I, P. I1 - I50
- Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE ESPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-
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