Mine detail: Little Bob Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 33.90014, -84.81663

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron-Pyrite, Zinc
Tertiary: Nickel, Cobalt
Ore: Pyrrhotite, Galena, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Pyrite
Gangue: Gahnite, Garnet, Sphalerite, Magnetite, Hornblende, Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Massive Sulfide
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1860
Last production ended: 1920

Geology

Host rock:Univeter Formation
Host type:Hornblendite
Structure:Hornblende Schist
Alteration processes:Chlorite, Garnet

References

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DEP10067720
Reference{Analytical Data:: SHEARER AND HULL (1918)GA GEOL SURVEY BULL 33}{Deposit:: KINKEL,A.R., AND PETERSON, N.P.,1962, USGS MAP MR-13; COOK, 1970,ABRAMS AND MCCONNEL, 1986 GGS FIELD TRIP GUIDBOO}{Deposit:: Kinkel, A.R., Jr. And Peterson, N.P.,1962, Copper In The United States, Exclusive Of Alaska And Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Map Mr-13.Kinkel, A.R., Jr. And Peterson, N.P.,1962, Copper In The United States, Exclusive Of Alaska And Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Map Mr-13.}{Deposit:: Cook, R. B., Jr., 1970, The Geologic History Of Massive Sulfide Bodies In West-Central Georgia, Ph.D. Thesis, University Of Georgia, 163 P.Cook, R. B., Jr., 1970, The Geologic History Of Massive Sulfide Bodies In West-Central Georgia, Ph.D. Thesis, University Of Georgia, 163 P.}{Deposit:: Mcconnell, K.I., German, J., M., And Abrams, C.E., 1986, Gold And Base Metal Mineralization Host Rocks In The Dahlonega And Carroll County Gold Belts: Georgia Geological Society Guidebook, V. 6, No. 5. Mcconnell, K.I., German, J., M., And Abrams, C.E., 1986, Gold And Base Metal Mineralization Host Rocks In The Dahlonega And Carroll County Gold Belts: Georgia Geological Society Guidebook, V. 6, No. 5.}
ReporterWoodruff, Laurel G., Cocker, Mark D., Klein, Terry L., Cannon, Suzanne S., Coury, Anny B.