Mine detail: Blockhouse Iron Prospect

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Location: Blount County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.70371, -83.93434
dep_id: 10025900
mrds_id: K001876
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Bedding
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Athens Shale, Limestone & Interbedded Shale
hrock_type: Limestone
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:: NEUMAN, R.B., AND WILSON, R.L., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE BLOCKHOUSE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: USGS MAP GQ-131.
  • Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP NEUMAN & WILSON, 1960, USGS MAP GQ-131
  • Deposit:: 1964 OTHER MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL. R.I. 19
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