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B.C. Munday Prospect

Occurrence in Macon county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  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 10088542
MRDS ID K003542
Record type Site
Current site name B.C. Munday Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sullins Prospect, Brush Creek Prospect, Little Panther Knob Prospect, Mcguire Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.24044, 35.11372 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 0.85 MILE WEST OF TOP OF PANTHER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highlands(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
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES COLLECTED BY USBM AND TENN. COPPER CO. CONTAINED 12-14% ZN AND LESS THAN 0.1% CU. THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS FURNISHED BY MR. MUNDAY IS SAID TO REPRESENT THE FULL WIDTH OF ORE AT THE SHAFT: 2.26% CU, 20.6% S, 17.9% FE, 16.0% ZN, 0.13% PB, 0.04 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatites
    Rock description Pegmatites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.24044, 35.11372
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAURENCE (1950) DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE AS FOLLOWS: "THE ORE CONSISTS OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, DARK BROWN SPHALERITE. IT OCCURS BOTH DISSEMINATED IN THE GNEISS AND AS CONCENTRATED BANDS PARALLEL TO THE FOLIATION OF THE GNEISS, AND AT THE SHAFT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE PEGMATITE. THE WIDTH OF THE ORE VARIES CONSIDERABLY, BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO EXCEED 6 OR 8 FEET."

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. C. Munday
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service, B.C. Munday (Mineral Rights)

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTING CONSISTS OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, A SHORT ADIT, AND THREE BULLDOZER TRENCHES. WIDTH OF EXPOSED ORE VARIES, AND APPEARED NOT TO EXCEED 8 FT. IT REPORTEDLY PINCHED OUT WITH DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • ACCORDING TO MR. MUNDAY, INITIAL PROSPECTING WAS AROUND 1905. PROSPECTING IN 1950 WAS CONDUCTED BY MR. MUNDAY WITH LIMITED TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF THE AMERICAL ZINC COMPANY OF TENNESSEE. A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT WAS PREPARED FOR MR. MUNDAY BY DR. G.D. SWINGLE, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.

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

    LAURENCE, R.A., 1950, B.C. MUNDAY ZINC-COPPER PROSPECT, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.

Reporter information

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

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