USGS NORTH CAROLINA ORE KNOB COPPER MINE 1967 REPORT with MAPS Virginia CLASSIC!

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SCARCE OLD REPORT ON A FAMOUS MINING AREA!!
This is USGS Professional Paper 558,
The Ore Knob Copper Deposit, North Carolina, and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Appalachians
. This publication consists of the 58-page book and all three of the original geologic maps! The whole thing is in excellent condition.
This was published in 1967. This is a fascinating publication that documents this famous copper mine, and further describes 13 other similar deposits for comparison, many along he Gossan Lead of Virginia. One of the maps is over 50 inches long and shows successively deeper levels of the mine! The other deposits described are:
Eustis mine, Quebec, Canada
Moulton Hill deposit, Quebec, Canada
Massive sulfide deposits in eastern Maine
Milan mine, New Hampshire
Orange County copper district, Vermont
Sulphur mine, Virginia
Arminius mine, Virginia
Johnson mine, Virginia
Austin Run pyrite mine, Virginia
Gossan Lead, Virginia
Cullowhee mine, North Carolina
Elk Knob copper deposit, North Carolina
Ducktown deposits, Tennessee
The Ore Knob mine was also host to numerous minerals, including:
Actinolite
Albite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Biotite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Copper
Cuprite
Epidote
Galena
'Garnet Group'
'Hornblende'
Malachite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Siderite
Sphalerite
Tourmaline
(List courtesy of Mindat.org. Not necessarily mentioned in the text.)
All in all a very cool old report on this historic mining district, with loads of additional information. Not one to miss.
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