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Upper Peedee Iron Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025265
MRDS ID K000967
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Peedee Iron Mine
Related records 10202591

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.48625, 36.16231 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF COVE ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF PEEDEE 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.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.48625, 36.16231
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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 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO SPHALERITE, PYRITE, OR HEMIMORPHITE, AND LITTLE LIMONITE SEEN IN MINE. LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF COMMERCIAL ZINC ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Production years 1899-1909 (?)

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF A PAIR OF GULLY-LIKE CUTS ON THE SIDE OF PEEDEE HOLLOW AND COVERS A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE ACRE.

Comments on development

  • SMALL MINE OPENED DURING PERIOD OF HYDRAULIC MINING. CLAY WASHED DOWN SLUICE TO WASHER ON BANK OF BUMPASS COVE CREEK. PROPER BOUGHT IN 1913 BY TENN. ZINC AND LEAD CO.

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 SHADY DOLOMITE IN MINE SHOWS LITTLE BRECCIA OR SPARRY DOLOMITE. ; 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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