Mine detail: Panther Knob Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.28789, -83.22071

Resource(M)

Primary:

Copper

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist And Gneiss, Locally Containing Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K003531
DEP	10026284
Reference	{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: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 10 P}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.