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Nonaburg 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025902
MRDS ID K001878
Record type Site
Current site name Nonaburg Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Hills Bank Safford, 1869
Related records 10202432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.47825, 35.39705 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.7 MILE NE OF MARS HILL CEMETERY

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result 54.72% FE, 0.057% MNOX, 7.80% INSOL., 0.83% P, 9.22% AL2O3, 0.80% CA, 0.40% MG-TVA ANALYSIS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Athens Shale, Limestone With Interbedded Shale
    Rock description Athens Shale, Limestone With Interbedded Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.47825, 35.39705
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ZONE CONSISTS OF OOLITIC, FOSSILIFEROUS HEMATITE WITH QUARTZ SAND, ENCRINAL LIMESTONE, AND INTERBEDDED SHALE (MAHER, 1964).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Rucker

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORDS UNAVAILABLE, BUT AMOUNT IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN EXCESS OF 10,000 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS IRREGULAR IN WIDTH AND IS ABSENT TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG STRIKE

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 ORE HORIZON APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET ABOVE BASE OF ATHENS SHALE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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