Mine detail: Whiterock Creek Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 35.23067, -83.19016

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Gneiss And Schist, Locally Containing Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schist (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Northeast
Tectonic:Blue Ridge

References

MRDSK003540
DEP10091926
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}
ReporterHale, Robin C.