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Phillips Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026288
MRDS ID K003538
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lovedahl Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.09877, 35.29067 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.1 MILE EAST OF JUNCTION OF ROADS UP CANEY FORK AND JOHNS CREEK, AND SOUTH OF CANEY FORK SCHOOL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuckasegee(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
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Iron, Pig Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan After Weathering Of Sulfides

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Coweeta Group
    Rock description Coweeta Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.09877, 35.29067
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOSSAN WAS FOUND, WITH LOCAL SPECKS OF PYRRHOTITE OR PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE PIT ABOUT 8 FT DEEP HAS BEEN DUG ON THE NOSE OF THE HILL.

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
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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