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Small Unnamed Iron Mines

Past Producer in Unicoi county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025275
MRDS ID K000981
Record type Site
Current site name Small Unnamed Iron Mines
Related records 10276090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.48403, 36.14926 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF COVE IN RAVINE EAST OF FOWLER BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(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 Unicoi

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite;Hampton Formation, Siltstone, Shl, Arkose, Quartzite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite;Hampton Formation, Siltstone, Shl, Arkose, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.48403, 36.14926
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of The Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSES OF JASPEROID PRESENT. TERRACE REMINANTS PRESENT. MINE NEAR CONTACT WITH HELEN MODE MEMBER OF ERWIN FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1909
Production years PRE 1909

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on development

  • MINED BY HYDRAULIC METHODS BEFORE 1909

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J

  • Production

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF SHADY DOLOMITE HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND RECRYSTALLIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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