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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Swain county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025757
MRDS ID K001692
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Locust Gap Prospect, Calhoun Prospect No. 2
Related records 10223896

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.65461, 35.5326 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST SLOPE BELOW LOCUST GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Swain(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thunderhead Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Smoky Mountains National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Swain

Comments on the location information

  • STATE COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Great Smoky Group, Sandstone
    Rock description Great Smoky Group, Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.65461, 35.5326
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer G.I. Calhoun

Mining district

District name Swain County Copper District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION LIMITED TO DIGGING A SHALLOW PIT. ; ECON.COM: OCCURRENCE IS UNVERIFIED; AREA IS WITHIN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK WHERE PROSPECTING IS NOT PERMITTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, (N.D.), MAPS AND FILE DATA: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE ESPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESPENSHADE (1963) NOTES THAT NO GOSSAN OR SIGNS OF COPPER WERE FOUND AT PROSPECT IN 1943, ALTHOUGH SANDSTONE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE WAS OBSERVED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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