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Caney Fork Bald Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026290
MRDS ID K003541
Record type Site
Current site name Caney Fork Bald Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.04154, 35.37233 (WGS84)
Relative position PROSPECTS ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOST KNOB.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuckasegee(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

  • THE OTHER PROSPECT IS AT STATE COORDINATES X: 796,600; Y: 615,500. LOCATIONS ARE APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER MINERALS NOT OBSERVED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Muscovite Schist And Gneiss: Mica-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; Schist Is Generally Graphitic And Sulfidic, Commonly Garnetiferous And/Or Sillimanite Bearing (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
    Rock description Muscovite Schist And Gneiss: Mica-Quartz-Plagioclase Schist Generally Interlayered With Gneissic Micaceous Metasandstone; Schist Is Generally Graphitic And Sulfidic, Commonly Garnetiferous And/Or Sillimanite Bearing (Hadley And Nelson, 1971)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.04154, 35.37233
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMONITE COATINGS OCCUR ON QUARTZ VEINS, BUT NO SULFIDES WERE OBSERVED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTING CONSISTED OF TWO SHALLOW PITS IN QUARTZ VEINS.

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-JUN-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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