Mine detail: C. Cate Bank. R.G. Patty Bank

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Location: McMinn County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.39205, -84.49186
dep_id: 10025901
mrds_id: K001877
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Weathering Of Pyrite In Bedrock To Limonite And Accumulation In Residuum.
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
prod_yrs: 180*
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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