Chestatee

United States· GeorgiaUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
1.00%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1892

Overview

Massive, dissemination, 1.5-12 m thick. Age 800-850. Back-arc rift or ensialic intraplate incipient rift (midocean ridge tholeiitic affinity).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1892

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS