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Hatcher Pyrite Mine

Past Producer in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025110
MRDS ID K000064
Record type Site
Current site name Hatcher Pyrite Mine
Related records 10178195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.04206, 36.42619 (WGS84)
Elevation 689
Relative position 1.1 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SADIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Recrystallization (Alteration Covers Small Area

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation, Sst
    Rock description Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation, Sst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.04206, 36.42619
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Brecciation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone-Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL SHALE IMPREGNATED BY PYRITE;NO MINERALIZATION 4 FT BELOW CONTACT. PYRITE AS IRREGULAR PATCHES & CRYSTALS IN LESS DISTURBED ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF PYRITE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS POORLY EXPOSED- FILLED WITH TRASH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P.

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., AND OTHERS, 1941, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL 52, P. 188-189

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOL MAP KING AND OTHER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULT ZONE AND INTO ADJACENT WALL ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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