Mine detail: Tunnel Iron Mine

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Location: Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.14759, -82.47764
dep_id: 10025203
mrds_id: K000890
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Purple Ferruginous Quartzite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
Structure: On Upper Plate Of Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet
Year first produced: 1892
prod_yrs: 1892
References:
  • Deposit:: JARVIS, R.P., 1912, THE VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 2-C
  • Deposit:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54 82P.
  • Deposit:: 1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, JOH
  • Production:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54
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