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Taylor Iron Ore Bank

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025112
MRDS ID K000066
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Iron Ore Bank
Related records 10129357

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.07984, 36.40314 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 0.75 MILES SOUTH OF CARTER

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
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result FE-51.76%
Result S1O2-11.10%
Result P2O5-0.07%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.07984, 36.40314
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clay Developed On Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • RIDGE ON WHICH MINE IS LOCATED MADE UP OF UNWEATHERED SHADY DOLOMITE, SUMMIT IS PROBABLY REMNANT OF LOWER OLD VALLEY FLOOR OF STONY CREEK. NEAR CREEK, DOLOMITE CROPS OUT IN MASSIVE BLUFFS BUT AROUND WORKINGS FORMS SCATTERED LEDGES, DEEPLY PINNACLED & FURROWED WITH INTERSTICES FILLED BY RESIDUAL CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Production years 1890-1909

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN BUT WAS PROBABLY MAIN SOURCE OF 1,258 LT PRODUCED IN CARTER COUNTY IN 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS COVER AREA OF ABOUT 12 ACRES

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

    1944 RECON KING, P.B.,AND OTHER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED TO OCCUR AS "VEIN" 6 TO 16 INCHES THICK
Deposit MINING DONE BY STRIPPING RELATIVELY THIN CLAY AND SOIL BLANKET,IN PART BY HYDRAULIC METHODS,NO MANGANESE REPORTED IN WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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