Mine detail: Silers Bald Prospect

Previously called 'Calhoun Prospect'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

35.55954, -83.56656

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts.
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDS	K001690
DEP	10025755
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-}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.