Hooper Branch Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Iron, Pig Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026289
MRDS ID K003539
Record type Site
Current site name Hooper Branch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.1421, 35.32761 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.45 MILE NNW OF HOOPER KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylva South(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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron, Pig Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER WAS LOOKED FOR, BUT NONE WAS FOUND.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore

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) -83.1421, 35.32761

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form METAMORPHIC, STRATABOUND

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE, MASSIVE FELDSPAR-GARNET-BIOTITE GNEISS OCCURS ON THE DUMP. THE ROCK CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION CONSISTS OF A 30- TO 40-FOOT LONG TUNNEL, NOW CAVED.

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

Beyond USGS

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