Location: | Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.03372, -84.36325 |
dep_id: | 10076002 |
mrds_id: | W022863 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Lead |
Minor mineral: | Zinc, Silver, Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Hedenbergite, Staurolite, Tremolite |
orebody_fm: | ELONGATED IRREGULAR LENS |
Reporter: | U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Geraci, Philip J. |
arock_type: | Amphibolite |
Structure: | The East-West Trending Eureka Fault Horizontally Offset The Ore Body Some 350 Feet. |
References: |
- Deposit:: MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), V. 1, AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 207-241
- Deposit:: 1) MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY MANUSCRIPT, 1972, JOINT TDG, TVA, USBM COMPILATION.{2) MAHER, S.W., 1966, THE COPPER-SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY IN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 14, 28 P.
- Deposit:: 1968 DIREXPL MAGEE, CHAPTER IN GRATON-SALES VOLUME
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