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. |
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