Mine detail: Whiting Prospect

Previously called 'Fax Creek Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.43677, -83.85212

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year: 1939

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Exhalative
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Great Smoky Group, Massive Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Folded Blue Ridge Province
Tectonic:Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDSK001689
DEP10025754
Reference{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-}
ReporterHale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.