Cates Prospect

Prospect in Loudon county in Tennessee, 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129082
MAS/MILS ID 0471050028
Record type Site
Current site name Cates Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.35571, 35.7068 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loudon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loudon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Loudon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.35571, 35.7068

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL, J.F., WYNDHAM, G.E. & SPENCER, R.V., RECONNAISSANCE

  • Deposit

    EAST TENNESSEE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, 1954, P. 206.

  • Deposit

    REICHERT, STANLEY O., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 50, 1942, P. 164

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS RUTH CAMPBELL AS OF AUGUST 11, 1951.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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