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Watauga Creek Prospect

Past Producer in Macon 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026291
MRDS ID K003543
Record type Site
Current site name Watauga Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.31071, 35.24317 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE NOSE OF THE HILL BETWEEN CONFLUENCE OF HUGHES BRANCH AND WATAUGA CREEK, 4.7 MILES NE OF FRANKLIN CITY LIMITS (AIRLINE).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corbin Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(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

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 Macon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Iron, Pig Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

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 Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist And Gneiss, Locally Containing Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schist (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
    Rock description Biotite Schist And Gneiss: Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist And Gneiss, Locally Containing Sillimanite, Graphite, Or Hornblende; Commonly Interlayered With Micaceous Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss, Less Commonly Interlayered With Amphibolite And Hornblende Schi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.31071, 35.24317
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION IN OPEN-FILE REPORT STATES: "THE ORE IS IN REALITY MINERALIZED WALL ROCK, VARYING GREATLY IN RICHNESS. THE SULPHIDES PRESENT ARE CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, AND PYRRHOTITE."

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andy W. Reid
    Home office Franklin, N.C.

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN ONE CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1930.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A DRIFT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK, NORTH-SOUTH TRENDING 400-FOOT TRENCH ON THE CREST OF THE KNOLL EAST OF THE CREEK, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK, AND A 60-FOOT SHAFT ON THE EAST SIDE 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

    TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, (N.D.), MACON COUNTY COPPER PROSPECTS: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.

  • Production

    TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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