Mine detail: Hiwassee

Previously called 'Tennessee Copper Company'

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Location: Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.03261, -84.38162
dep_id: 10129443
mrds_id: W022861
mas_id: 471390008
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Copper, Sulfur
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
Reporter: Tennessee Division Of Geology, U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Geraci, Philip J., Illo, Diane R.
References:
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H. AND LANEY, F.B., 1926, U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 139, PAGES 84-87.
  • 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
  • Production:: MAGEE, 1968, P. 228.
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