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Hodge Iron Ore Banks

Past Producer in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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 10025143
MRDS ID K000108
Record type Site
Current site name Hodge Iron Ore Banks
Related records 10154052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.03262, 36.43952 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SADIE ON SOUTHEAST SIDE STONY CREEK BETWEEN HURLEY BRANCH AND HODGE BRANCH

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

Comments on the location information

  • 15 OPENINGS ALONG LOWER RIDGE SLOPES FOR ABOUT ONE MILE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ZINC BEARING IRON ORE REPORTED BY SAFFORD (1869,P.451) MAY HAVE COME FROM THIS VICINITY. FERRUGINOUS JASPEROID FROM THE WORKINGS CONTAINED 0.10% ZN.(KING, P.B. AND OTHERS, 1944, P.190)

Analytical data

Result 51.5% FE
Result 10.32% SIO2
Result 3.03% S
Result 0.09% P2O5
Result 5.41% H2O (TENN. BUREAU OF LABOR, MINES, AND STATISTICS, 2ND ANN. REPT. 1893, PP 327-328). TRACE AMOUNTS OF COBALT, NICKEL, AND MANGANESE REPORTED BY HARDER (1910, P. 75).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite;Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation
    Rock description Shady Dolomite;Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Erwin Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clay Filling Sink Holes On Erosion Surface

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS LIE NEARLY HORIZONTAL. ; GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION IN BROWN RESIDUAL CLAYS OF SHADY DOLOMITE. CLAY IN PART LAMINATED AND IN PART HAVING BRECCIA STRUCTURE. SOME CLAY IS STREAKED BY WAD & IN SOME AREAS HARD MN NODULES ARE ABUNDANT. IN PLACES CLAY ALTERED AT SURFACE TO RED SOIL AND ON SOME RIDGE TOPS IS CAPPED BY REMINANTS OF TERRACE GRAVEL. NEAR NORTH END OF WORKINGS CLAY FORMS CONTINUOUS BODY BUT TO SOUTH IT FILLS HALLOWS BETWEEN DOLOMITE RIDGES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Production years 1890-1907

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 PROBABLY MAIN SOURCE OF 1557 LT REPORTED IN 1907

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 OPEN CUTS OF VARYING SIZE, LARGEST COVERING 2 ACRES MOST SHALLOW WITH FACES 25-30 FEET BELOW SURFACE

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 AND OTHER

  • Production

    KING, P.B. AND OTHERS, 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1890 KNOXVILLE CAR WHEEL CO
Deposit LARGE NUMBER OF SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS WERE PRESENT BUT NO LARGE CONTINUOUS ORE BODY

Reporter information

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

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