| Deposit ID | 10026280 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K003528 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Moody Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.1471, 35.28511 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF WYKE CEMETERY, AND BETWEEN WEBSTER CREEK AND THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Jackson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TVA ANALYSIS OF 100-POUND SAMPLE: 0.18% CU, 40.2% FE, 25.8% S, NI NOT DETECTED, TRACE ZN. |
|---|
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| 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. | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -83.1471, 35.28511 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 53.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K003528 |
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
| 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). |
| 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 |
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