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C. Cate Bank. R.G. Patty Bank

Past Producer in McMinn county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025901
MRDS ID K001877
Record type Site
Current site name C. Cate Bank. R.G. Patty Bank
Related records 10300123

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.49186, 35.39205 (WGS84)
Relative position KNOX DOLOMITE OUTCROP BELT SOUTHEAST OF ENGLEWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McMinn(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Englewood(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

Comments on the location information

  • MAHER'S (1964) COORDINATES (A71, A72) WERE GIVEN AS THE APPROXIMATE VICINITY OF THE TWO IRON MINES. WILLIS (1886) DESCRIBES TWO MINES ABOUT 1 MILE APART AS ON "CHESTNUT RIDGE, 8 MILES EAST OF ATHENS...".

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.49186, 35.39205
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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

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1800'S

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

Reporter information

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

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