Mine detail: Hatcher Pyrite Mine

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.42619, -82.04206
dep_id: 10025110
mrds_id: K000064
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite
alteration: Silicification And Recrystallization (Alteration Covers Small Area
conc_proc: Breccia Fill & Replacement
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone-Breccia
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation, Sst
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Fault Zone Brecciation
Year first produced: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P.
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., AND OTHERS, 1941, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL 52, P. 188-189
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOL MAP KING AND OTHER
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