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Polly Hollow Iron Mine

Past Producer in Washington 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025260
MRDS ID K000962
Record type Site
Current site name Polly Hollow Iron Mine
Related records 10178923

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.49597, 36.15981 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF COVE AND ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF POLLY HOLLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54. SMALL CUTS ALSO ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF HOLLOW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

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
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.49597, 36.15981
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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 Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IN RESIDUAL CLAY WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF JASPEROID OVERLAIN BY THICK GRAVEL AND SLOPE WASH. A FEW DOLOMITE PINNACLES PRESENT. NO ZINC MINERALS OR PYRITE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1899-1909; 1936

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE COVERS ABOUT 5 ACRES OTHER CUTS ABOUT ONE ACRE.

Comments on development

  • ALL CUTS OPERATED AS A UNIT BY HYDRAULIC METHODS. SMALLER PITS IN VICINITY. SMALL AMOUNT OF MANGANESE ORE MINED IN 1936

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, 82 P

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J

  • Production

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. 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

Beyond USGS

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