Mine detail: Fontana Copper Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.4782, -83.7691

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSK001693
MAS371730052
DEP10127103
Reference{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.}
ReporterLyday, Travis Q.