Mine detail: Gunstocker Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

35.29344, -83.11238

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

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 Micaceous Metasandstone; Schist Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic, Commonly Garnetiferous And/Or Sillimanite Bearing (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Pegmatites
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Northeast
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge
Alteration processes:	Limonite Gossan After Weathering Of Sulfides

References

MRDS	K003537
DEP	10095001
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. HENDRY, L., 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE GUNSTOCKER COPPER MINE, COWARTS, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: CULLOWHEE, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.