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Kitchen Prospect

Occurrence in Graham county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025753
MRDS ID K001688
Record type Site
Current site name Kitchen Prospect
Related records 10126726

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.91657, 35.41622 (WGS84)
Relative position IN SAM COVE, ONE MILE UP DEEP CREEK FROM THE CHEOAH RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tapoco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Graham

Comments on the location information

  • A SECOND PIT WAS DUG ABOUT 1,000 FEET UP THE COVE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.91657, 35.41622
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED SULFIDE MINERALS IN METASANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fontana District

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT IS 50 FEET IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION CONSISTED OF A SHORT ADIT AND SHALLOW SHAFT ALONG THE ROAD NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE COVE, AND ANOTHER PIT ABOUT 1,000 FEET UP THE COVE. PROPERTY WAS DRILLED BY TENNESSEE CORPORATION IN 1953-1954; 3 HOLES TOTALING 1050 FEET, WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF SULFIDES WERE FOUND. ; ECON.COM: REMOTE LOCALITY, NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT OF SULFIDES PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF SOME COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND ALABAMA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1142-I, P. I1 - I50

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE ESPENSHADE, G.H., USGS BULL. 1142-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESPENSHADE (1963) DESCRIBES THE DEPOSIT AS "SANDSTONE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND TRACES OF CHALCOPYRITE".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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