Mine detail: Phillips Prospect

Previously called 'Lovedahl Copper Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.29067, -83.09877

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Coweeta Group
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:	Gossan After Weathering Of Sulfides

References

MRDS	K003538
DEP	10026288
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., Klein, T.L.