Mine detail: Calhoun Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.52093, -83.67739

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1943

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Anakeesta Formation , Chlorite-Mica Schist & Phyllite;Thun Derhead Sandstone-Feldspathic Sst, Quartzite
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Carbonate

References

MRDS	K001691
DEP	10025756
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.