Mine detail: Shut-In Creek Pyrite Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

35.91759, -82.86848

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron, Pig Iron, Gold
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Feldspar, Quartz, Zircon
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Unicoi Formation (Basal Chilhowee Group); Thick Sequence Of Feldspathic Sandstone, Arkose, Conglomerate, Graywacke, Siltstone, And Shale, Locally Pyritized
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Northeast - Trending Strike Belt
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K004774
DEP	10026370
Reference	{Deposit:: KOPP, O. C., AND MAHER, S. W., 1968, PYRITIZED CONGLOMERATE AT SHUT - IN CREEK, MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (ABS.): GEOL. SOC. AMERICA, SOUTHEASTERN SEC., PROGRAM, P. 50 - 51}{Deposit:: 1968 OTHER KOPP AND MAHER, TENN. DIV. GEOL., ABSTR}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.