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London Mine

Past Producer in Polk county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076001
MRDS ID W022862
Record type Site
Current site name London Mine
Alternate or previous names Mcpherson Mine
Related records 10280376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.37298, 35.03761 (WGS84)
Elevation 497
Relative position 3700 FT. NORTH 38 DEG. EAST OF THE U.S. RT. 64 - TN. RT. 68 INTERCHANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Isabella(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ocoee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Polk

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOTAL SULFIDES COMPOSED LESS THAN 50 % OF THIS ORE BODY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.37298, 35.03761
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Limb Of The Burra Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, TABULAR
    Dip 60 DEG.
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ducktown Copper District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cities Service Co.
    Home office Copperhill, Tenn., 37317

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Period Thru 1926
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.8 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE LONDON ORE BODY WAS MINED OUT IN 1926.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION BETWEEN THIS AND THE BURRA BURRA ORE BODY DETECTED THE SAME WALL ROCKS BUT NO SULFIDE MINERALIZATION OR ASSOCIATED GANGUE MINERALS (MAGEE, 1968, P. 231).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), V. 1, AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 207-241

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL MAGEE, IN GRATON-SALES VOLUM

  • Production

    MAGEE, 1968, P. 231 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LONDON ORE BODY EXTENDS 1000 FEET DOWN DIP ON THE NW LIMB OF THE BURRA ANTICLINE. IT IS GENERALLY CONFORMABLE WITH THE HANGING WALL BUT LOCALLY CUTS ACROSS THE FOOTWALL BEDDING UP TO 15 DEGREES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 U.S. Bureau Of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-SEP-1978 Geraci, Philip J. U.S. Geological Survey

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