Mine detail: Upper Red Iron Cut

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Location

Lat / long:

36.11194, -82.42778

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1892; 1899-1909
First production started:	1892

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite;Hampton Formation, Siltstone, Shl, Arkose, Quartzite;Unicoi Formation, Arkosic Sst, Quartzite & Cgl
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of The Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet

References

MRDS	K000971
DEP	10025268
Reference	{Deposit:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, P. 61}{Deposit:: 1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J}{Production:: RODGERS, JOHN, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.