Mine detail: Unnamed Prospect

Previously called 'Locust Gap ProspectCalhoun Prospect No. 2'

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Location: Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.5326, -83.65461
dep_id: 10025757
mrds_id: K001692
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Great Smoky Group, Sandstone
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
tectonic: Folded Blue Ridge
discr: G.I. Calhoun
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:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, (N.D.), MAPS AND FILE DATA: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.
  • Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE ESPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-
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