Red Rock Mine

Past Producer in Carter 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202247
MRDS ID K004777
MAS/MILS ID 0470190062
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Mine
Related records 10026373

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.02264, 36.17569 (WGS84)
Elevation 902

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Rocks Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.02264, 36.17569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Coal, Iron And Railway Co.
    Year 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHARON, H.L., STEWART, H.T. & SHULER, R.M., PRELIMINARY REP

  • Deposit

    THE MAGNETIC SURVEYS OF CRANBERRY MAGNETITE BELT, CARTER CO.

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY IS OWNED BY TENNESSEE COAL, IRON & RAILWAY COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    KLINE, M H & BALLARD, T J, MAY, 1948, BUMINES R.I. 4274.

  • Deposit

    USGS CRIB RECORD NO. K004777, 12/81.

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.