Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBedding And Breccia Zones In Bedrock; Clay Residuum For Minable Deposits
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite, Pyrite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Dolomite · Kingsport Formation, Ordovician, Gray, Fine-Grained, Brecciated Dolomite;Clay Residuum; Recent
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1957, 1959.
First production1957
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10025772
MRDS IDK001715
Alternate namesMint Iron Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.6376, -84.04934
References
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. 121964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL. INF. CIR. 1MAHER, S.W., 1964, TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 12