Mine detail: Hooper Branch Prospect

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Location: Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.32761, -83.1421
dep_id: 10026289
mrds_id: K003539
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Pig Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: METAMORPHIC, STRATABOUND
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist And Gneiss, 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
Structure: Northeast
tectonic: Blue Ridge
References:
  • 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
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