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Upper Red Cut Iron

Past Producer in Unicoi 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. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102258
MRDS ID K000969
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Red Cut Iron
Related records 10226944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.4818, 36.15203 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF COVE, EAST OF RED CUT HOLLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(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 Unicoi

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.4818, 36.15203
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IN CLAY OVERLAIN BY SLOPE WASH. MASSES OF JASPEROID COMMON. NO ZINC OR MANGANESE MINERALS OBSERVED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1892
Production years 1892; 1899-1909 (?)

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE FE ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE COVERS ABOUT ONE-HALF ACRE

Comments on development

  • ALL MINING BY HAND IN 1892. ALSO WORKED BY HYDRAULICMETHODS DURING 1899-1909. ; ECON.COM: HIGH GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J

  • Production

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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