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Hiwassee

Past Producer in Polk county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur, Iron
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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 10129443
MRDS ID W022861
MAS/MILS ID 0471390008
Record type Site
Current site name Hiwassee
Alternate or previous names Tennessee Copper Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -84.38162, 35.03261 (WGS84)
Elevation 531
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -84.38162, 35.03261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ducktown District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • MINING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. AND LANEY, F.B., 1926, U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 139,
    PAGES 84-87.

  • Production

    MAGEE, 1968, P. 228.

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977.
Deposit THIS MINE IS 1100 FEET SW OF THE BURRA BURRA MINE AND IS PROBABLY IN THE SAME ORE BODY, THOUGH MAGEE (1968) MAKES NO REFERENCE TO THE HIWASSEE MINE IN HIS PAPER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology
Reporter 01-JAN-75 U.S. Bureau Of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-SEP-78 Geraci, Philip J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 19-AUG-09 Illo, Diane R. Contractor

Beyond USGS

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

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