Mine detail: Watauga Creek Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.24317, -83.31071

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918

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, Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schist (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K003543
DEP	10026291
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:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, (N.D.), MACON COUNTY COPPER PROSPECTS: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.}{Production:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT.}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.