Limonite Ore Bank

Past Producer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025128
MRDS ID K000090
Record type Site
Current site name Limonite Ore Bank
Related records 10154358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.09012, 36.3162 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position 1.5 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FISH SPRINGS

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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.09012, 36.3162

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Production years 1907-1909

Mining district

District name Hampton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reynolds, A. D.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED BY A. D. REYNOLDS OF BRISTOL

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE OPEN CUT AN ACRE OR SO IN EXTENT

Comments on development

  • DIDNT EXAMINE MINE

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 COMPILE KING, P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY RESIDUAL ORE FROM SHADY DOLOMITE
Deposit CHARACTER OF ORE & PRODUCTION OF MINE ARE UNKNOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.