Location: | Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.14842, -82.49875 |
dep_id: | 10025200 |
mrds_id: | K000886 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Iron, Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Hemimorphite, Limonite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Surface |
conc_proc: | Oxides Derived By Weathering Sulfides Dissiminated In Dolomite |
ore_ctrl: | Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite |
Reporter: | Fagan, James M. |
hrock_unit: | Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet |
Year first produced: | 1899 |
prod_yrs: | 1899-1909; 1913-1917 |
References: |
- Deposit:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P
- Deposit:: 1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J
- Production:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54
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