Mine detail: Miller Magnetite Prospect

Previously called 'Scrawl Ridge Magnetite Prospect'

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.27203, -82.03956
dep_id: 10025120
mrds_id: K000080
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: LENSES-LAYERS
ore_ctrl: Zone Of Weakness In Country Rock
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Lunsford Branch Complex, Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136P.
  • Deposit:: BAYLEY, W.S., 1923, MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P.
  • Deposit:: 1923 RECON BAYLEY, TENN DIV GEOL
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE KING, P. B. AND FERGUSON, H. W.
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