Mine detail: Unnamed Zinc Prospect

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Location: McDowell County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.92203, -81.93845
dep_id: 10079274
mrds_id: W028468
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper, Iron, Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Quartz And Calcite Veinlets
Reporter: *gostino, John P.
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast, Unit In Tablerock Thrust Sheet
tectonic: Within Brevard Fault System
disc_yr: 1930
References:
  • Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND REED, J.C., JR., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 615, TEXT 190 P., MINE LOCATED BY SYMBOL ON GEOL. MAP AT 1:62,500.
  • Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND REED, J.C., JR., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY, NORTH CAROLINA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 521, TEXT 13 P.
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT IN LINVILLE FALLS TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000.
  • Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP BRYANT, GEOLOGIC MA
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