Baker Hill

Prospect in Hancock county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Copper
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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251297
MAS/MILS ID 0470670015
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.98237, 36.54898 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Looneys Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.98237, 36.54898

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1954, THE JONES AND BAKER HILL COPPER PROSPECT

  • Deposit

    COCK AND HAWKINS COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY OPE

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977. RECORD 040 / MAP NAME IS LOONEYS GAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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