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Finney and Teegarden Hematitic Magnetite Mine

Occurrence in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025121
MRDS ID K000081
Record type Site
Current site name Finney and Teegarden Hematitic Magnetite Mine
Related records 10299241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.02873, 36.25787 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1.4 MILES EAST OF SANDY GAP

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
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Gangue
Martite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.02873, 36.25787
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES-LAYERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Weakness In Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION MAY BE PRECAMBRIAN OR PALEOZOIC ; 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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF FE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ORE DUMP

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

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