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Linderman Iron Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025774
MRDS ID K001718
Record type Site
Current site name Linderman Iron Mine
Related records 10154024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.29602, 35.52038 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.75 MILE SW OF HOPEWELL SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Madisonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Comments on the location information

  • MAHER'S (1964) LOCATION INCORRECT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result 53.17% FE, 0.10% MN, 0.048% P, 0.015% CU, ZN N.D., 8.00% MOIST., 8.26% INSOL. - CARLOAD LOT ANALYSIS TENN. PROD. & CHEM. CORP.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.29602, 35.52038
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 12.19M

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
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950
Production years 1950-1954

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Knight, F. D. Smith, And L. F. Richards

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS SHIPPED TO TENNESSEE PRODUCTS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION FURNACE AT ROCKWOOD, TENN.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTED OF TWO PITS, CRUDELY OVAL IN PLAN (370 BY 300 FEET).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, IRON, ZINC, AND BARITE DEPOSITS BETWEEN MORRISTOWN AND ETOWAH, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 40, NO. 2; REPR. AS TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 12.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, THE BROWN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 19, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. 12

  • Deposit

    1964 OTHER MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., R.I. 19

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PINNACLE OF KNOX DOLOMITE EXPOSED BY MINING CONTAINS VEINLETS OF IRON OXIDES (MAHER, 1964). LIMONITE RESULTED FROM OXIDATION OF PYRITE. ; 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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