| Lat / long: | 35.06539, -83.31516 |
| Primary: | Iron, Pig Iron, Copper |
| Tertiary: | Sulfides, Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Biotite, Calcite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Garnet, Hornblende, Oligoclase, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Coweeta Group |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated type: | Gneiss,Granite |
| Structure: | Northeast |
| Tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| Alteration processes: | Iron, Calcium, And Silica Enrichment; Biotite, Hornblende, Calcite, And Quartz |
| MRDS | K000866 |
| DEP | 10025189 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 179, 165 P.}{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. MAP I-654, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, H.S., AND STUCKEY, J.L., 1943, COPPER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AND NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 39 P.}{Deposit:: 1935 OTHER ROSS, C.S., P. 87-89.}{Deposit:: 1966 RECON TVA} |
| Reporter | Fagan, James M., Klein, T.L. |