Big Flag Springs Or Mint Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084768
MRDS ID W102210
Record type Site
Current site name Big Flag Springs Or Mint Mine
Alternate or previous names Mint Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.0499, 35.63899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Binfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Blount

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.0499, 35.63899

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB K001715, K001720

  • Deposit

    MAKER, S.W., 1964, THE BROWN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DEPT. OF CONSERVATION (GEOL), REPT OF INV. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1985 Calkins, James A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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