| Lat / long: | 36.48091, -81.34065 |
| Primary: | Copper, Titanium, Metal, Iron |
| Ore: | Copper, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Hornblende, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL, LENSES |
| Discovery year: | 1985 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Ashe Formation; Sulfidic Biotite-Muscovite Gneiss With Mica Gneiss And Subordinate Amphibolite And Hornblende Gneiss. Some Schists Are Graphitic. Equivalent To Parts Of The Roan And Carolina Genisses Of Keith (1903) |
| Host type: | Amphibolite |
| Associated rock: | Ashe Formation: Amphibolite, Garnet Amphibolite, And Hornblende Gneiss; Includes Mostly Mafic Rocks Of Volcanic Origin And Some Ultramafic Rocks Consisting Of Soapstone Or Serpentinite |
| Associated type: | Amphibolite |
| Structure: | Amphibolites And Associated Rocks Strike Northeast |
| Tectonic: | Folded Blue Ridge |
| MRDS | K003524 |
| DEP | 10026279 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: HALE, R.C., AND CARPENTER, R.H., 1968, NATIVE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA, SOUTHEASTERN SECTION, PROGRAM FOR MEETING, APR. 1968, P. 41-42.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALE OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: HALE, R.C., AND CARPENTER, R.H., 1967, A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF NATIVE COPPER OCCURRENCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE LICHTENSTEIN PROSPECT, ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 15 P.}{Deposit:: 1967 RECON HALE AND CARPENTER, TVA REPOR} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |