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Blue Spring Mine-Stony Cr.Dist.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226307
MRDS ID K000062
MAS/MILS ID 0470190005
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Spring Mine-Stony Cr.Dist.
Related records 10102244

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -82.10424, 36.35678 (WGS84)
Elevation 688
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watauga Dam(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)

Big Laurel Branch Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -82.10424, 36.35678
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 25N
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 274M
    Width 152M
    Area 7HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Strike And Dip N50E:25N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7
    Date of Last Modification 820602

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Stony Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hutchens, O. D.
    Interest 50
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co. (Mineral Rights)
    Interest 50
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Interest 50
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, PHILIP B., ET.AL., TENN. DIV. OF GEOL., BULL 52, 1944,

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPTS., CARTER AND JOHNSON

  • Deposit

    POSITS, FILE NO. T-10-MN 3, BLUE SPRING MINE

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL 940-J, P.273, 1943.

  • Deposit

    GS CRIB RECORD NO. K000062.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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