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Davenport Iron Mine

Past Producer in Unicoi 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025208
MRDS ID K000897
Record type Site
Current site name Davenport Iron Mine
Related records 10154055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.48958, 36.1512 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF COVE ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF WOODCUT HOLLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(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 Unicoi

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54.

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
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.48958, 36.1512
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of The Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMONITE NOT OBSERVED IN PLACE. ORE IN CLAY BELOW THICK COVER OF GRAVEL. GRAVEL UNDERLIES BENCH OF 160-FOOT TERRACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Production years 1899-1909

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on development

  • OPENED DURING PERIOD OF HYDRAULIC MINING (1899-1909) AND PROBABLY INTENDED TO OPEN SOME OF GROUND LATER REACHED BY HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS AT FOWLER MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, P. 61

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J

  • Production

    RODGERS, JOHN, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF SHADY DOLOMITE HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND RECRYSTALLIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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