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Old Polk County

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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227470
MRDS ID W022865
MAS/MILS ID 0471390012
Record type Site
Current site name Old Polk County
Alternate or previous names Tennessee Copper Company, Mary-Polk County Ore Body

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -84.38212, 35.00731 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 7900 FT. SOUTH 02 DEG. WEST OF THE U.S. RT. 64 - TN. RT. 68 INTERCHANGE

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2.5 % CU IN THE UPPER PART, 1.5 % CU IN THE LOWER PART; LOCALLY OVER 2 % ZN; TRACES OF GALENA AND MOLYBDENITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -84.38212, 35.00731
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Se Limb Of The Burra Anticline

Ore body information

  • Plunge direction GRADUAL SW

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 Private

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W. H., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE
    DEPOSIT OF THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE:
    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPER 139, P. 98 - 99.

  • 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 WAS IN ONE OF A SERIES OF VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPLEX SERIES OF ISOCLINAL FOLDS. WALL ROCK BRECCIA FRAGMENTS ARE FOUND LOCALLY IN THE ORE VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology
Reporter 01-JAN-75 U.S. Bureau Of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-JAN-90 Geraci, Philip J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 25-AUG-09 Illo, Diane R. Contractor

Beyond USGS

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