Mine detail: Unnamed Iron-Manganese Prospect

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Location: Blount County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.71232, -84.00046
dep_id: 10025775
mrds_id: K001719
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
gangue: Chert
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, Fins-Grained, Brecciated Dol.;Clay Residuum; Recent
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
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
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