Mine detail: Linderman Iron Mine

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Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.52038, -84.29602
dep_id: 10025774
mrds_id: K001718
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
gangue: Chert
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
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, Gray, Fine-Grained, Brecciated Dolomite;Clay Residuum
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
Year first produced: 1950
disc_yr: 1950
prod_yrs: 1950-1954
References:
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1964, IRON, ZINC, AND BARITE DEPOSITS BETWEEN MORRISTOWN AND ETOWAH, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 40, NO. 2; REPR. AS TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 12.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1964, THE BROWN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 19, 63 P.
  • Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. 12
  • Deposit:: 1964 OTHER MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., R.I. 19
  • Production:: MAHER, S.W., 1964, TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIRC. NO. 12
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