| Location: | Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.51702, -81.21732 |
| dep_id: | 10026281 |
| mrds_id: | K003526 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Feldspar, Hornblende, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| conc_proc: | Submarine Hot Spring Deposition |
| ore_ctrl: | Bedding, Shear Zones |
| Reporter: | Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_unit: | 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 Gneisses Of Keith (1903) |
| hrock_type: | Schist,Calc-Silicate Schist,Gneiss |
| arock_unit: | Ashe Formation; Amphibolite, Garnet Amphibolite, And Hornblende Gneiss; Includes Mostly Mafic Rocks Of Volcanic Origin And Some Ultramafic Rocks Consisting Of Serpentenite Or Soapstone |
| arock_type: | Amphibolite |
| Structure: | Strike Belts Trend Northeast |
| tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| Year first produced: | 1832 |
| disc_yr: | 1832 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: KERR, W.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1887, ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA, IN GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CH. 2, VOL. 2, P. 204, 230-231.
- 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:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 179, 165 P.
- Deposit:: TENNESEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, (N.D.), PEACHBOTTOM COPPER MINE REPORT: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, GEOLOGIC BRANCH.
- Deposit:: 1887 COMPILE KERR AND HANNA, P. 204, 230-231
- Deposit:: 1935 OTHER ROSS, C.S., P. 85-87.
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