Mine detail: Wayhutta Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.33483, -83.1371

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Zinc
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Plagioclase
Orebody form: PODS
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence
Last production ended: 1930

Geology

Host rock:Muscovite Schist And Gneiss (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Northeast
Tectonic:Blue Ridge

References

MRDSK003530
DEP10026285
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:: HADLEY, J.B., AND NELSON, A.E., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KNOXVILLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND SOUTH CAROLINA: USGS MISC. GEOL. MAP I-654, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: 1935 OTHER ROSS, C.S., P. 90-91.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, H.S., AND STUCKEY, J.L., 1943, COPPER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: KNOXVILLE, TENN., TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AND NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. DEVEL., OPEN-FILE REPORT, 39 P.}
ReporterHale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.