Lunsford Hematitic Magnetite Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025122
MRDS ID K000082
Record type Site
Current site name Lunsford Hematitic Magnetite Prospect
Related records 10129515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.02012, 36.25565 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 1.9 MILES EAST OF SANDY GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watauga Dam(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 Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Martite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lunsford Branch Complex, Quartz Monzonite-Granite
    Rock description Lunsford Branch Complex, Quartz Monzonite-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.02012, 36.25565

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES-LAYERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Weakness In Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT COMPLEX ; GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION MAY BE PRECAMBRIAN OR PALEOZOIC RUTAGE UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Walnut Mountain District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ORE PUMP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES CRUSHED AND METAMORPHOSED MAY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED-PRE-SHEARING WITH RESULTANT ALTERATION OR POST-SHEARING AND SUBSEQUENTLY METAMORPHOSED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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