Mine detail: B.C. Munday Prospect

Previously called 'Sullins ProspectBrush Creek ProspectLittle Panther Knob ProspectMcguire Mine.'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.11372, -83.24044

Resource(M)

Primary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist And Gneiss, 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:Pegmatites
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Northeast
Tectonic:Blue Ridge

References

MRDSK003542
DEP10088542
Reference{Deposit:: HADLEY, J.B., AND NELSON, A.E., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KNOXVILLE QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-654, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: LAURENCE, R.A., 1950, B.C. MUNDAY ZINC-COPPER PROSPECT, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.}
ReporterHale, Robin C.