Mine detail: Sugarloaf Mountain Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.36761, -83.11627

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary:	Iron, Pig Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Muscovite Schist And Gneiss: Mica-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Metasandstone; Schist Is Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic, And Commonly Garnetiferous (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:	Limonite Gossan After Weathering Of Pyrite

References

MRDS	K003532
DEP	10088541
Reference	{Deposit:: HADLEY, J.B., AND NELSON, A.E., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KNOXVILLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-654, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1944, COPPER DEPOSITS IN JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 10 P}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.