Tennelina/Shut-In-Creek Area

Past Producer in Madison county in North Carolina, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083830
MRDS ID W100662
Record type Site
Current site name Tennelina/Shut-In-Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.87904, 35.90287 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paint Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pisgah National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Croatan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Chilhowee Group; Upper Chilhowee

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB--K002607; WHITE, 1944, NC M.I. 2; ORIEL, 1950, NC GS BULL. 60

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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