| Location: | Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.51316, -83.69906 |
| dep_id: | 10025758 |
| mrds_id: | K001694 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Zinc |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| conc_proc: | Sulfides Deposited From Submarine Hot Spring |
| ore_ctrl: | Bedding, Foliation. |
| Reporter: | Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_unit: | Great Smoky Group, Precambrian; Graphitic Phyllitic Schist, Siltstone, Sandstone Or Quartzite. Espenshade (1963) Notes That The Schist And Phyllite Are Similar To The Anakeesta Formation, And The Sandstone Similar To The Thunderhead Sandstone |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Average Strike Of Strata N 65 Deg E., Dip 55 Deg Se Foliation Strikes N 70 Deg E And Dips 45 Deg Se. |
| tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| disc_yr: | 1900 |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: ESPENSHADE, 1963
- 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:: USGS COMPILE ESPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-
- Production:: MONEYMAKER, B.C., TVA INTERNAL REPORT.
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