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Unnamed Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Johnson 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026408
MRDS ID K005023
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.86956, 36.34202 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH OF WILSON HILL AND 2000 FEET EAST OF THE HEADWATERS OF AVERY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(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 Johnson

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED BY KING AND FERGUSON (1960) BUT NOT VISITED BY BARTHOLOMEW DUE TO HEAVY VEGETATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Erwin Formation, Quartzites
    Rock description Erwin Formation, Quartzites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Chilhowee Group; Lower Chilhowee
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED IN STEEPLY DIPPING QUARTZITE OF THE ERWIN FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTHOLOMEW, M. J., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SHERWOOD QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION MRS 214-SE

  • Deposit

    KING, P. B., AND FERGUSON, H. W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECONDARY HEMATITE OCCURS COMMONLY AS A CEMENT AND AS REPLACEMENT MATERIAL IN THE METASANDSTONES AND QUARTZITES OF THE ERWIN FORMATION IN THE REGION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Bartholomew, Mervin J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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