Mine detail: Lichtenstein Prospect

Previously called 'Church Copper Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.48091, -81.34065

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Titanium, Metal, Iron
Ore:	Copper, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Hornblende, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL, LENSES
Discovery year:	1985

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ashe Formation; Sulfidic Biotite-Muscovite Gneiss With Mica Gneiss And Subordinate Amphibolite And Hornblende Gneiss. Some Schists Are Graphitic. Equivalent To Parts Of The Roan And Carolina Genisses Of Keith (1903)
Host type:	Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Ashe Formation: Amphibolite, Garnet Amphibolite, And Hornblende Gneiss; Includes Mostly Mafic Rocks Of Volcanic Origin And Some Ultramafic Rocks Consisting Of Soapstone Or Serpentinite
Associated type:	Amphibolite
Structure:	Amphibolites And Associated Rocks Strike Northeast
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K003524
DEP	10026279
Reference	{Deposit:: HALE, R.C., AND CARPENTER, R.H., 1968, NATIVE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA, SOUTHEASTERN SECTION, PROGRAM FOR MEETING, APR. 1968, P. 41-42.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALE OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: HALE, R.C., AND CARPENTER, R.H., 1967, A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF NATIVE COPPER OCCURRENCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE LICHTENSTEIN PROSPECT, ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 15 P.}{Deposit:: 1967 RECON HALE AND CARPENTER, TVA REPOR}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.