| Deposit ID | 10025120 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K000080 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Miller Magnetite Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Scrawl Ridge Magnetite Prospect |
| Related records | 10129356 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.03956, 36.27203 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 914 |
| Relative position | 1.0 MILE NORTHEAST OF SANDY GAP |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Carter |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Lunsford Branch Complex, Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock description | Lunsford Branch Complex, Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -82.03956, 36.27203 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES-LAYERS |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Walnut Mountain District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K000080 |
KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136P.
1923 RECON BAYLEY, TENN DIV GEOL
1960 COMPILE KING, P. B. AND FERGUSON, H. W.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE CRUSHED AND METAMORPHOSED MAY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED PRE-SHEARING WITH RESULTANTALTERATION OR POST-SHEARING AND SUBSEQUENTLY METAMORPHOSED. |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSIDERED COMPARATIVELY LEAN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1972 | Fagan, James M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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