Mine detail: Savannah Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.28178, -83.3021

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Biotite, Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1861

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1861

Geology

Host rock:	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)
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Plagioclase-Quartz-Muscovite Bearing Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:	Limonite After Weathering Of Sulfides

References

MRDS	K003529
DEP	10026283
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:: 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.}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.