Mine detail: Cullowhee Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.264, -83.15349

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Iron, Pig Iron
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Augite, Biotite, Hornblende, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES AND PODS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host rock:Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist And Gneiss, Locally Contains Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Thinly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss; Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schist (Hadley And Nelson, 1971). Hunter And Murdock (1943) Refer To The Host Rock As ...An Augite-Hornblende Complex..., Which In Turn Is Bordered By Hornblende Gneiss And Mica Schist
Host type:Pyroxenite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:Northeast
Tectonic:Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:Limonite Gossan After Weathered Sulfides

References

MRDSK003527
DEP10026282
Reference{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:: LARSEN, L.T., POTOSKY, R.A., AND RIBBE, P.H., 1968, GEOCHEMISTRY OF COBALT AND NICKEL IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MASSIVE SULPHIDE ORES (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA, SOUTHEASTERN SECTION, PROGRAM FOR MEETING, APR. 1968, P. 51.}{Deposit:: HADLEY, J.B., AND NELSON, A.E., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KNOXVILLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-654, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1944, COPPER DEPOSITS IN JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 10 P.}{Deposit:: HUNTER, C.E., AND MURDOCK, T.G., 1943, CULLOWHEE COPPER MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN COPPER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AND NORTH CAROLINA CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT OPEN-FILE REPORT, 39 P.}{Deposit:: 1935 OTHER ROSS, C.S., P. 89-90.}{Deposit:: 1943 OTHER HUNTER AND MURDOCK, TVA, REPORT}{Production:: HUNTER AND MURDOCK, 1943.}{Reserve-Resource:: ESPENSHADE, 1944.}
ReporterHale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.