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Little Stony Creek Mine

Past Producer in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102247
MRDS ID K000091
Record type Site
Current site name Little Stony Creek Mine
Related records 10251401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.15762, 36.41897 (WGS84)
Elevation 1049
Relative position 2 MILES SW HOLSTON HIGH POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keenburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.15762, 36.41897
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Synclinal ; Reg.Trends: Ne Sw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMONITE SEAMS AS MUCH AS 1 FT THICK IN BRECCIATED QUARTZITE NO MINERALIZATION OUTSIDE WORKINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Year of first production 1862
Production years PRE 1862

Mining district

District name Stony Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF 5 OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • NOT WORKED SINCE CIVIL WAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P.

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136P.

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP KING P. B.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE KING P B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FEW THIN VEINLETS OF MANGANESE PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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