Mineral resources of the Citico Creek Wilderness Study Area, Monroe County, Tennessee
The proposed Citico Creek Wilderness comprises about 5,670 hectares (56.7 km2) in the Cherokee National Forest south of the Little Tennessee River in
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Mineral resources of the Citico Creek Wilderness Study Area, Monroe County, Tennessee Author: Slack, John F. 0000-0001-6600-3130 jfslack@usgs.gov, Force, E. R., Behum, P. T., Williams, B. B. Year: 1979 Category: Report <p>The proposed Citico Creek Wilderness comprises about 5,670 hectares (56.7 km2) in the Cherokee National Forest south of the Little Tennessee River in easternmost Monroe County, Tennessee. Principal drainages are Citico Creek and Doublecamp Creek. Rocks of the study area include greenschist-facies arkosic metasandstone, metagraywacke, slate, and metaconglomerate of the Great Smoky Group of late Precambrian age. Minor deposits of unconsolidated Quaternary alluvium locally mantle the bedrock. Deformation is shown by asymmetric and overturned folds and by several major faults.</p><p>More than 5 Tags: usgs, clay deposits ceramics Source: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/0231/plate-1-2.pdf
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