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Allison Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026286
MRDS ID K003534
Record type Site
Current site name Allison Prospect
Alternate or previous names J.R. Brinkley Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.12682, 35.28567 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.75 MILE DUE SOUTHEAST OF TOP OF ALUM KNOB, AND EAST OF THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylva South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuckasegee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER WAS LOOKED FOR, BUT NONE WAS FOUND; SULFIDES NOT PRESENT, ACCORDING TO ESPENSHADE (1944).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Muscovite Schist And Gneiss
    Rock description Muscovite Schist And Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.12682, 35.28567
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BIOTITE GNEISS IS CUT BY STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND EPIDOTE; THE LATTER MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR A COPPER MINERAL BY THE PROSPECTORS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. J. R. Brinkley (Of Goatgland Fame)

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHALLOW PITS HAVE BEEN DUG IN BIOTITE GNEISS, AND ARE ALIGNED IN THE DIRECTION N 40 W.

Comments on development

  • THE EXPLORATION WORK IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN PRE-CIVIL WAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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