| Lat / long: | 35.28511, -83.1471 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, Zinc |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | LENS |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stratabound |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Mica Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; The Schist Locally Contains Hornblende-Garnet Granofels, And Is Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Augite-Hornblende Rock And Pyroxenite Dike, Described By Rankin And Stuckey (1943) As ...An Exceptionally Coarse-Textured Mixture Of Interlocking Crystals Of Augite And Hornblende. |
| Associated type: | Hornblendite |
| Structure: | Northeast |
| Tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| MRDS | K003528 |
| DEP | 10026280 |
| Reference | 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 |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L. |