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Goodsprings-Bethel Iron Mine

Past Producer in McMinn 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025773
MRDS ID K001716
Record type Site
Current site name Goodsprings-Bethel Iron Mine
Related records 10208163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.56853, 35.30928 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.1 MILE SW OF NEW BETHEL CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McMinn(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Etowah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee McMinn

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result LIMONITE CONTAINED 0.01% CU, 0.016% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kingsport Formation, Gray, Fine-Grained, Brecciated Dol.;Clay Residuum; Recent
    Rock description Kingsport Formation, Gray, Fine-Grained, Brecciated Dol.;Clay Residuum; Recent

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.56853, 35.30928
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding And Breccia Zones In Bedrock; Clay Residuum For Minable Deposits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1959
Production years 1959-1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS 60 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, IRON, ZINC, AND BARITE DEPOSITS BETWEEN MORRISTOWN AND ETOWAH, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 39, NO. 3, P. 103-106; REPR. AS TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 12

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL. INF. CIR. 1

  • Production

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, TENN. DIV. GEOL. INF. CIR. NO. 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NODULES OF SULFIDES ENCRUSTED BY IRON OXIDES ARE COMMON. A BRECCIATED PINNACLE OF DOLOMITE EXPOSED IN THE PIT CONTAINS VEINLETS OF IRON SULFIDES AND OXIDES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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