Mine detail: Mary

Previously called 'Cities Service CompanyMary-Polk County Ore Body'

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Location: Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.01151, -84.37992
dep_id: 10154589
mrds_id: W022864
mas_id: 471390011
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Copper, Sulfur
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Staurolite, Tremolite
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, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPER 139, P. 102 - 103.
  • 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:: MINE IS OWNED BY CITIES SERVICE COMPANY.
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