Specimen Number28-10-126Commentsfrom Bob Carpenter research collectionIn Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)chalcopyritepyritesphaleriteRock Namepolished plugsDistrictNorth CarolinaMineElk KnobExternal LinkMindatDeposit TypeVMSGeo-Coords[1] Reference MaterialACL-184: Kinkel, A.R., Jr., 1967, The Ore Knob Copper Deposit, North Carolina, and Other Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Appalachians; U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 558, Washington, D.C., 58 p.
ACL-191: Hatcher, R.D., and Butler, J.R., eds., 1979, Guidebook for Southern Appalachian Field Trip in the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Northeastern Georgia, September 9-15, 1979; IGCP Proj. 27, 117 p.
ACL-209: Craig, J.R., 1980, Stratiform Sulfide Mineralization in the Central U.S. Appalachians; NGU Norges geologiske undersokelse 360, Trondheim, Norway, p. 295-325.
ACL-210: Conley, J.F., and Bain, G.L., 1965, Geology of the Carolina Slate Belt west of the Deep River-Wadesboro Triassic Basin, North Carolina; Southeastern Geol, v. 6, no. 3, p.117-138.
28-10-126: polished plugs - North Carolina District - Elk Knob Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 07/06/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/36455