| Lat / long: | 35.29344, -83.11238 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Zinc |
| Tertiary: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Muscovite Schist And Gneiss: Mica-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; Schist Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic, Commonly Garnetiferous And/Or Sillimanite Bearing (Hadley And Nelson, 1971) |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Pegmatites |
| Associated type: | Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Northeast |
| Tectonic: | Blue Ridge |
| Alteration processes: | Limonite Gossan After Weathering Of Sulfides |
| MRDS | K003537 |
| DEP | 10095001 |
| 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:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1944, COPPER DEPOSITS IN JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 10 P. HENDRY, L., 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE GUNSTOCKER COPPER MINE, COWARTS, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: CULLOWHEE, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C., Klein, T.L. |