Mine detail: Big Flag Springs Iron Mine

Previously called 'Mint Iron Mine'

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Location: Blount County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.6376, -84.04934
dep_id: 10025772
mrds_id: K001715
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite, Pyrite
gangue: Chert
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Weathering And Residual Accumulation
ore_ctrl: Bedding And Breccia Zones In Bedrock; Clay Residuum For Minable Deposits
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Kingsport Formation, Ordovician, Gray, Fine-Grained, Brecciated Dolomite;Clay Residuum; Recent
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
Year first produced: 1957
disc_yr: 1957
prod_yrs: 1957, 1959.
References:
  • 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
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