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Elk Knob Mine

Past Producer in Watauga county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084195
MRDS ID W101264
Record type Site
Current site name Elk Knob Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.67761, 36.33758 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Watauga(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zionville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Watauga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Albite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcic, Silic, Fe-Mg Enrichment

Analytical data

Result 1 CARLOAD OF ORE CONTAINED 1.5 % CU (SHIPPED IN 1939).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Ashe Formation
    Rock description Ashe Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Ashe Formation
    Rock description Ashe Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.67761, 36.33758
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN 2 M WIDE ZONE WITHIN AMPHIBOLITE. ORE MINERALS ARE INTERLAYERED WITH GREENSSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1880

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 53M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SHAFTS (14M, 6M, 7M, AND 53 M DEEP. THREE DRIFTS 30M, 43M, AND 15M LONG.

Comments on development

  • MINE CLEANED AND 8 CORE HOLES DRILLED IN 1939 BY CAROLINA COPPER COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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