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Old Tennessee 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100135
MRDS ID W022866
Record type Site
Current site name Old Tennessee Mine
Alternate or previous names School Property Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.39159, 35.01594 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 5850 FT. SOUTH 34 DEG. WEST 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

Ducktown(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

Analytical data

Result THE ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 25.0 % S AND 35.0 % FE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.39159, 35.01594
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

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.{Copperhill, Tenn., 37317

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, CHAPTER IN GRATON-SALES VOLUM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE WORKED THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE CHEROKEE ORE BODY .

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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