Heupscup Ridge Prospects

Prospect in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Iron
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 10274856
MAS/MILS ID 0470190068
Record type Site
Current site name Heupscup Ridge Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.05764, 36.17789 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Rocks Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Beech Granite

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

    SCHARON, H.L., STEWART, H.T. & SHULER, R.M., PRELIMINARY REP

  • Deposit

    THE MAGNETIC SURVEYS OF CRANBERRY MAGNETITE BELT, CARTER CO.

  • Deposit

    KLINE, M H & BALLARD, T J, MAY, 1948, BUMINES R.I. 4274.

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.