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Campbell Magnetite Prospect

Occurrence in Carter 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026382
MRDS ID K004790
Record type Site
Current site name Campbell Magnetite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -82.12644, 36.29249 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elizabethton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(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)

Pond Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS VERY UNCERTAIN. SOMEWHERE ON BIG RIDGE AND ABOUT 0.5 MILE WEST OF GEORGE CREEK, ABOUT 2.8 MILES WSW OF ROAN MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result S. H. HAMILTON IN BAYLEY (1923) REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS: 62.6 TO 67.6% FE, 3.25% SIO2, 0.05 TO 0.19% P, AND NO TI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -82.12644, 36.29249
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL, LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cranberry Magnetite District

Comments on the workings information

  • BAYLEY (1923) GIVES NO DATA ON GEOLOGY OR THE WORKINGS, IF ANY.

Comments on development

  • BAYLEY (1923) STATES THAT A MAGNETIC SURVEY INDICATED AN ANOMALY OVER A LARGER AREA THAN THAT AT THE CRANBERRY MINE. ; ECON.COM: THE MAGNETITE IS EASILY SEPARATED FROM GANGUE AND IS EXCEPTIONALLY LOW IN PHOSPHOROUS, TITANIUM, AND SULFUR. IT IS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK HAD BEEN DONE WITHOUT FINDING COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUCKEY, J. L., 1965, NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: RALEIGH, N. C., NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., 550 P.

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P.

  • Deposit

    KLINE, M. H., AND BALLARD, T. J., 1948, CRANBERRY MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, AVERY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. RI 4274, 85 P.

  • Deposit

    1923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 29

  • Deposit

    1965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL.

  • Deposit

    GOLDICH, S. S., AND WEDOW, HELMUTH, JR., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIR. 521

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-75 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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