Mine detail: Peachbottom Mine

Previously called 'Maxwell Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.51702, -81.21732

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Feldspar, Hornblende, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1832

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1832

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 Gneisses Of Keith (1903)
Host type:	Schist,Calc-Silicate Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Ashe Formation; Amphibolite, Garnet Amphibolite, And Hornblende Gneiss; Includes Mostly Mafic Rocks Of Volcanic Origin And Some Ultramafic Rocks Consisting Of Serpentenite Or Soapstone
Associated type:	Amphibolite
Structure:	Strike Belts Trend Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K003526
DEP	10026281
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.