J. W. Cooper Iron Prospect

Prospect in Cherokee county in North Carolina, 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 10256863
MRDS ID K002578
MAS/MILS ID 0370390066
Record type Site
Current site name J. W. Cooper Iron Prospect
Related records 10026108

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.9324, 35.07511 (WGS84)
Elevation 518

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peachtree(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.9324, 35.07511

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K002578.

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, W S, 1925, NC GEOL & ECON SURVEY BULL 31, P 53.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, ALMON F, NOV, 1948, BUMINES R.I. 3974, PP. 6-7.

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.