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East Tennessee Mine

Producer in Polk county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110609
MRDS ID W022867
Record type Site
Current site name East Tennessee Mine
Related records 10178252

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.35074, 35.04455 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 8600 FT. NORTH 48 DEG. EAST OF THE U.S. RT. 64 - TN. RT. 68 INTERCHANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Isabella(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ocoee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Polk

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION IS FOR THE WESTERNMOST OF TWO UNNAMED COPPER MINES ON THE ISABELLA QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS ORE BODY AVERAGED 30 TO 40 % SULFIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.35074, 35.04455
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Limb Of The Burra Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ducktown Copper District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cities Service Co.{Copperhill, Tenn., 37317

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS MINE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO MINE THE PRIMARY ORE BENEATH THE SUPERGENE ZONE, WITH DEVELOPEMENT TO 500 FEET DEEP BY 1877.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), V. 1, AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 207-241

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL MAGEE, IN GRATON-SALES VOLUM

  • Production

    MAGEE, 1968, P. 228, 231.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SULFIDES CONTAINED MORE CHALCOPYRITE THAN WAS TYPICAL OF THE DISTRICT, AND WERE DISSEMINATED IN A MATRIX OF SILICATE MINERALS AND SCHISTS. THE SUPERGENE ZONE EXTENDED DEEPER THAN 200 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 U.S. Bureau Of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-SEP-1978 Geraci, Philip J. U.S. Geological Survey

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