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Maps showing mines, quarries, and prospects, with analyses of samples, Gee Creek Wilderness, Polk and Monroe counties, Tennessee

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1474-C
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Abstract

This report is part of a series that assesses the mineral potential of the Gee Creek Wilderness (fig. 1). Other reports in the series describe the geology (Epstein, 1983a), geochemistry (Epstein, 1983b), and a summary interpretive report (Epstein, Gazdik, and Behum, 1983). 

During the recent U.S. Bureau of Mines field investigation, 21 samples were collected (fig. 2) and were submitted to the Bureau's Reno Metallurgy Research Center, Reno, Nev., for analysis. All samples were tested for 40 elements by semiquantitative spectrographic analyses. Additional testing by atomic absorption, neutron activation, and wet chemical techniques was performed for selected elements on some samples. Two shale samples were submitted to the Bureau of Mines, Tuscaloosa Metallurgy Research Center, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for the evaluation of ceramic properties. 

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Maps showing mines, quarries, and prospects, with analyses of samples, Gee Creek Wilderness, Polk and Monroe counties, Tennessee
Series title Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Series number 1474
Chapter C
DOI 10.3133/mf1474C
Year Published 1983
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description 37.65 x 35.60 inches
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Monroe, Polk
Scale 0
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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