Lee Ridge Mines

Past Producer in Wayne county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Iron
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275786
MAS/MILS ID 0471810010
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Ridge Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.67922, 35.34341 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynesboro East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawrenceburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Wayne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.67922, 35.34341

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MISER, HUGH D., TENN STATE GEOL SURVEY BULL 26, 1921, PP. 85

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, ERNEST F., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 39, 1934, PP. 174

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS TENNESSEE CHARCOAL IRON COMPANY AS OF 1921.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references