| Deposit ID | 10025754 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001689 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Whiting Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Fax Creek Prospect |
| Related records | 10199940 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.85212, 35.43677 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ON FAX CREEK, ABOUT 1.3 MILE WEST OF FONTANA VILLAGE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Graham(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fontana Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Croatan National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Graham |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Great Smoky Group, Massive Sandstone | ||
| Rock description | Great Smoky Group, Massive Sandstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -83.85212, 35.43677 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Folded Blue Ridge Province |
| Strike | N 30-50 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45 SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Discoverer | D.B. Burns |
| District name | Fontana District |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | D. B. Burns |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001689 |
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF SOME COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1142-I, P. I1 - I50
1963 COMPILE ESPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISSEMINATED FE SULFIDES |
| Deposit | ESPENSHADE (1963) DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCES AS "MASSIVE SANDSTONE......CARRIES DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE AND POROUS FINE-GRAINED PYRITE. NO COPPER SULFIDES OR STAINS WERE OBSERVED." |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1973 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1992 | Klein, T.L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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