Mine detail: Elk Knob Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.33758, -81.67761

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Albite, Barite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1880

Geology

Host rock:	Ashe Formation
Host type:	Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Ashe Formation
Associated type:	Gneiss
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Calcic, Silic, Fe-Mg Enrichment

References

MRDS	W101264
DEP	10084195
Reference	KINKEL, A.R., JR., 1967, THE ORE KNOB COPPER DEPOSIT NORTH CAROLINA, AND OTHER MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIANS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 558; LUTTRELL, G.W., 1978, GOLD, BASE-METAL, AND RELATED DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-152, P. 144
Reporter	Whitlow, S., Klein, T.L.