Moody Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026280
MRDS ID K003528
Record type Site
Current site name Moody Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.1471, 35.28511 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF WYKE CEMETERY, AND BETWEEN WEBSTER CREEK AND THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Iron, Pig Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TVA ANALYSIS OF 100-POUND SAMPLE: 0.18% CU, 40.2% FE, 25.8% S, NI NOT DETECTED, TRACE ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Augite-Hornblende Rock And Pyroxenite Dike, Described By Rankin And Stuckey (1943) As ...An Exceptionally Coarse-Textured Mixture Of Interlocking Crystals Of Augite And Hornblende.
    Rock description Augite-Hornblende Rock And Pyroxenite Dike, Described By Rankin And Stuckey (1943) As ...An Exceptionally Coarse-Textured Mixture Of Interlocking Crystals Of Augite And Hornblende.
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mica Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; The Schist Locally Contains Hornblende-Garnet Granofels, And Is Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic
    Rock description Mica Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; The Schist Locally Contains Hornblende-Garnet Granofels, And Is Locally Graphitic And Sulfidic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.1471, 35.28511

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SULFIDE BODY IS GENERALLY CONFORMABLE TO THE FOLIATION OF THE SCHIST, BUT LOCALLY IT CUTS ACROSS THE SCHISTOSITY. THE TREND OF THE SULFIDES IS INDICATED BY SURFACE GOSSAN. ORE IS "...A MIXTURE OF PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WITH POSSIBLY PYRRHOTITE. THE GANGUE IS ESSENTIALLY QUARTZ. NO CARBONATE OR OXIDE COPPER OR CARBONATE GANGUE WAS OBSERVED IN THE SAMPLE."

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT THAT IS 175 FT DEEP HAS BEEN SUNK ON THE DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

  • THE OCCURRENCE IS REPORTED TO HAVE FIRST BEEN PROSPECTED PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR, AND DURING 1929-1930 CONCURRENT WITH EXPLORATION AT THE CULLOWHEE MINE TO THE SOUTH. ; ECON.COM: THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, H.S., AND STUCKEY, J.L., 1943, COPPER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AND NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 39 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT LIES NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE MUSCOVITE SCHIST AND GNEISS UNIT AND THE BIOTITE SCHIST AND GNEISS UNIT OF HADLEY AND NELSON (1971).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Klein, T.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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