| Location: | Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.28178, -83.3021 |
| dep_id: | 10026283 |
| mrds_id: | K003529 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Zinc |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Actinolite, Biotite, Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite, Quartz, Tremolite |
| orebody_fm: | LENTICULAR |
| model: | 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| alteration: | Limonite After Weathering Of Sulfides |
| Reporter: | Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L. |
| hrock_unit: | Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Gneiss And Schist, Locally Containing Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schist (Hadley And Nelson, 1971) |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_unit: | Plagioclase-Quartz-Muscovite Bearing Pegmatite |
| arock_type: | Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Northeast |
| tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| yfp_ba: | < |
| Year first produced: | 1861 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1861 |
| References: |
- 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:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: USGS PROF. PAPER 179, 165 P.
- Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1942, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, SAVANNAH COPPER MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.
- Deposit:: 1935 OTHER ROSS, C.S., P. 91-92
- Production:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1942, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, SAVANNAH COPPER MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.
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