Mine detail: Unnamed Iron Prospect

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Location: Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.04731, -83.41516
dep_id: 10025894
mrds_id: K001869
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
conc_proc: Weathering And Residual Accumulation
ore_ctrl: Residuum
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Knox Group, Dolomite And Limestone;Clay Residuum; Recent
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
discr: G.D. Swingle
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
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