Mine detail: Gap Creek Mine

Previously called 'Copper Knob Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.27703, -81.49538

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1880-1885; 1912
First production started:	1857
Last production ended:	1912

Geology

Host rock:	Amphibolite, Garnet Amphibolite, And Hornblende Gneiss Interlayered With Biotite-Muscovite Gneiss And Mica Schist. Associated Lithologies Include More-Widespread Finely Laminated Gneiss Composed Of Fine-Grained, Quartzo-Feldspathic Layers A Few Millimeters Thick, Separated By Thin Micaceous Partings
Host type:	Gneiss,Amphibolite
Structure:	Country Rock Trends Northeastward
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K003525
DEP	10088540
Reference	{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, P. 180-181.}{Deposit:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, (N.D.), GAP CREEK OR COPPER KNOB MINE REPORT: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, GEOLOGIC BRANCH.}{Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B., P. 180-181}{Production:: OPEN-FILE REPORT, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, GEOLOGIC BRANCH, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, KNOXVILLE.}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.