Black Bear Hematitic Magnetite Prospect

Occurrence in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025111
MRDS ID K000065
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear Hematitic Magnetite Prospect
Related records 10154313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.02206, 36.2812 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2.4 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE MILLIGAN

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Martite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.02206, 36.2812

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES-LAYERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Weakness In Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT COMPLEX ; GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION MAY BE PRECAMBRIAN OR PALEOZOIC,BUT AGE UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Walnut Mountain District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES CRUSHED AND METAMORPHOSED MAY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED-PRE SHEARING WITH RESULTANT ALTERATION OR POST SHEARING AND SUBSEQUENTLY METAMORPHOSED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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