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Sharp Iron Bank

Past Producer in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025686
MRDS ID K001606
Record type Site
Current site name Sharp Iron Bank
Related records 10154565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.05928, 36.58286 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLSTON VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holston Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Siderite Ore

Analytical data

Result FE-65.1%
Result SI02-4.12%
Result AL203-0.36
Result MG0-0.51%
Result TI02-0.12%
Result S-0.07%
Result P-0.43%
Result IGN. LOSS 0.89%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.05928, 36.58286
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 48 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In Vein Like, Near Vertical Masses

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1825
Production years 1850-1855

Mining district

District name Holston Valley District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 70.1M
    Overall width 51.82M

Comments on development

  • PEAK ACTIVITY BETWEEN 1850-1855.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONEYMAKER, B.C., 1961, OCCURRENCE OF IRON ORE MINERALS IN THE UPPER KNOX DOLOMITE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR. V. 36, NO. 1, P.23-37.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, THE BROWN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 19, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON T.V.A, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Production

    MONEYMAKER, B.C., 1961, TN. ACAD. SCI. JOUR. V. 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: FIRST QUARTER OF 19TH CENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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