| Deposit ID | 10297822 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001690 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0371730056 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silers Bald Prospects |
| Related records | 10025755 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.56549, 35.5634 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1652 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Swain(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silers Bald(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Knoxville(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
Great Smoky Mountains National Park(National Park)
National Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Swain |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | Ocoee Supergroup, Great Smokey Group; Copperhill Formation |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Park |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0371730056 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001690 | MAS references MRDS |
REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K001690.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.