Mcpherson Mine

Past Producer in Polk county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur
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 10232429
MAS/MILS ID 0471390009
Record type Site
Current site name Mcpherson Mine
Alternate or previous names Tennessee Copper Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -84.37302, 35.03761 (WGS84)
Elevation 530
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -84.37302, 35.03761

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. AND LANEY, F.B., 1926, U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PA

  • Deposit

    139, PAGES 84-87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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.

External references