Mine detail: Griffin Prospect

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.39869, -82.12512
dep_id: 10025146
mrds_id: K000111
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Some Pits In Residual Clay Show Small Nodules Of Iron Oxides And A Few Hard Manganese Oxides, Extensive Prospecting Indicates Little Ore.
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
disc_yr: 1905
discr: Virginia, Iron Coal & Coke Co.
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:: 1944 GEOLMAP KING AND OTHERS NOT ENCOURAGING
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP KING ETAL NOR ENCOURAGING
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP KING, P.B. AND OTHERS
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