Mine detail: Fontana Copper Mine

Location:	Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.4782, -83.7691
dep_id:	10127103
mrds_id:	K001693
mas_id:	371730052
Commodity type:	metallic
Trace mineral:	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
Reporter:	Lyday, Travis Q.
References:	Deposit:: MURDOCK, T. G. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1 Deposit:: 1945. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Deposit:: ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 65, 1948, PP. 8-10. Deposit:: BRYSON, H. J. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM 19 Deposit:: 1936. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Deposit:: ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 64, 1937, PP. 31-34. Deposit:: CARPENTER, P. A. III GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CAROLINA. NOR Deposit:: CAROLINA DEPT. OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES INFORMATION Deposit:: CIRCULAR 21, 1972, P. 49. Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G. H. GEOLOGY OF SOME COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH Deposit:: CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND ALABAMA. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1 Deposit:: 1963, PP. 22-30.