| Deposit ID | 10102372 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K004778 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Patrick Magnetite Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Shell Creek Mine |
| Related records | 10158618 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.03456, 36.17703 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.25 MILE NNW OF PERRY CEMETERY AND 2.5 MILES SE OF ROAN MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carter(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Rocks Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Carter |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Cranberry Granite; Complex Of Intertonguing Rock Types Including Migmatite, Granitic Gneisses, Monzonite, Quartz Diorite, Greenstone, Mica And Hornblende Schists, Abundant Granitic Pegmatite | ||||||
| Rock description | Cranberry Granite; Complex Of Intertonguing Rock Types Including Migmatite, Granitic Gneisses, Monzonite, Quartz Diorite, Greenstone, Mica And Hornblende Schists, Abundant Granitic Pegmatite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -82.03456, 36.17703 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Westerly |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Granite Becomes Less Platy And Interfoliated Gneisses Become Less Abundant As Distance From Vein Increases. |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL, LENS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| District name | Cranberry Magnetite District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tennessee Coal, Iron, And Railway Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K004778 |
STUCKEY, J. L., 1965, NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: RALEIGH, N. C., NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., 550 P.
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.
1923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 29
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.
1965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL.
1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIR. 521
BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, P. 123.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ACCORDING TO BAYLEY (1923), "THE VEINS IN WHICH THE ORE OCCURS COMPRISE MORE OR LESS BANDED MIXTURES OF PEGMATITE, EPIDOTIC GNEISSES, HORNBLENDE SCHISTS AND LENTICULAR MASSES OF A MIXTURE OF HORNBLENDE AND MAGNETITE, IN PLACES CUT BY SMALL VEINS OF MAGNETITE." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1975 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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