Mine detail: Moody Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.28511, -83.1471

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mica Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; The Schist Locally Contains Hornblende-Garnet Granofels, And Is Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Augite-Hornblende Rock And Pyroxenite Dike, Described By Rankin And Stuckey (1943) As ...An Exceptionally Coarse-Textured Mixture Of Interlocking Crystals Of Augite And Hornblende.
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K003528
DEP	10026280
Reference	RANKIN, H.S., AND STUCKEY, J.L., 1943, COPPER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AND NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 39 P
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.