Mine detail: Whiting Prospect

Previously called 'Fax Creek Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.43677, -83.85212

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound Exhalative
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Great Smoky Group, Massive Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Folded Blue Ridge Province
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDS	K001689
DEP	10025754
Reference	{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF SOME COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1142-I, P. I1 - I50}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE ESPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L.