Mine detail: Big Flag Springs Iron Mine

Previously called 'Mint Iron Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.6376, -84.04934

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chert
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1957

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1957, 1959.
First production started:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Kingsport Formation, Ordovician, Gray, Fine-Grained, Brecciated Dolomite;Clay Residuum; Recent
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

References

MRDS	K001715
DEP	10025772
Reference	{Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1964, IRON, ZINC, AND BARITE DEPOSITS BETWEEN MORRISTOWN AND ETOWAH, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 39, NO. 3, P. 103-106; REPR. AS TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 12}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL. INF. CIR. 1}{Production:: MAHER, S.W., 1964, TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 12}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.