| Lat / long: | 36.27703, -81.49538 |
| Primary: | Copper, Gold, Silver |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1880-1885; 1912 |
| First production started: | 1857 |
| Last production ended: | 1912 |
| Host rock: | Amphibolite, Garnet Amphibolite, And Hornblende Gneiss Interlayered With Biotite-Muscovite Gneiss And Mica Schist. Associated Lithologies Include More-Widespread Finely Laminated Gneiss Composed Of Fine-Grained, Quartzo-Feldspathic Layers A Few Millimeters Thick, Separated By Thin Micaceous Partings |
| Host type: | Gneiss,Amphibolite |
| Structure: | Country Rock Trends Northeastward |
| Tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| MRDS | K003525 |
| DEP | 10088540 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B., 1896, GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 3, P. 180-181.}{Deposit:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, (N.D.), GAP CREEK OR COPPER KNOB MINE REPORT: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, GEOLOGIC BRANCH.}{Deposit:: 1896 COMPILE NITZE, H.B.C., AND HANNA, G.B., P. 180-181}{Production:: OPEN-FILE REPORT, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, GEOLOGIC BRANCH, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, KNOXVILLE.} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L. |