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Unnamed Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025894
MRDS ID K001869
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Prospect
Related records 10202555

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.41516, 36.04731 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILE N OF CITY SPRING AT DANDRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Knox Group, Dolomite And Limestone;Clay Residuum; Recent
    Rock description Knox Group, Dolomite And Limestone;Clay Residuum; Recent

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.41516, 36.04731
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer G.D. Swingle

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, IRON, ZINC, AND BARITE DEPOSITS BETWEEN MORRISTOWN AND ETOWAH, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 40, NO. 2; REPR. AS TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 12.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, THE BROWN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 19, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. 12

  • Deposit

    1964 OTHER MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., R.I. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAHER (1964) QUOTES G.D. SWINGLE AS TO THE OCCURRENCE OF LIMONITE AND MAGNETIC HEMATITE IN KNOX RESIDUUM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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