| Lat / long: | 35.28178, -83.3021 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Zinc |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Biotite, Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite, Quartz, Tremolite |
| Orebody form: | LENTICULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1861 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1861 |
| Host rock: | Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Gneiss And Schist, Locally Containing Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schist (Hadley And Nelson, 1971) |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Plagioclase-Quartz-Muscovite Bearing Pegmatite |
| Associated type: | Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Northeast |
| Tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| Alteration processes: | Limonite After Weathering Of Sulfides |
| MRDS | K003529 |
| DEP | 10026283 |
| 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:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: USGS PROF. PAPER 179, 165 P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1942, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, SAVANNAH COPPER MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.}{Deposit:: 1935 OTHER ROSS, C.S., P. 91-92}{Production:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1942, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION, SAVANNAH COPPER MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L. |