Mine detail: Ned Wilson Branch

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.26928, -83.36405

Resource(B)

Primary: Garnet
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
Ore: Corundum, Gold, Rhodolite, Sperrylite
Gangue: Bronzite, Cordierite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Coweeta Group;Tallulah Falls Formation
Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Appalachian Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDSM045643
DEP10098389
Reference{Deposit:: KEMP, J.F., 1902, THE GEOLOGIC RELATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM AND ASSOCIATED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 193, P. 59.}{Deposit:: HIDDEN, W.E., 1898, SPERRYLITE IN NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 4TH SERIES, V. 6, P. 381-383.}{Deposit:: COOK, R.B., AND BURNELL, J.R., 1990, A GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MASON MOUNTAIN SPERRYLITE OCCURRENCE, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN COOK, R.B., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEAST: METALLIC ORE DEPOSITS: GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 117, P. 163-176.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.