Culchote

Past Producer in Polk county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129496
MAS/MILS ID 0471390029
Record type Site
Current site name Culchote

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -84.37962, 35.02451 (WGS84)
Elevation 506
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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -84.37962, 35.02451

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ducktown District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W. H., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOS

  • Deposit

    THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    PAPER 139, P. 109.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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