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Ore Bank Iron Mines

Past Producer in Greene 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025893
MRDS ID K001868
Record type Site
Current site name Ore Bank Iron Mines
Related records 10178284

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.98209, 36.11592 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTHWEST SIDE OF ROAD INTERSECTION AT ORE BANK COMMUNITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Greene

Comments on the location information

  • ANOTHER ORE BANK IRON MINE IS SITUATED 0.5 MILE TO SW, AT COORDINATES 640,300N 2,888,800E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.98209, 36.11592
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum; Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer John Shields
Year of first production 1827
Production years 1827-1837

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Shields

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS SMELTED AT THE BRIGHT HOPE FURNACE, 1.7 MILE SSE OF ORE BANK

Comments on the workings information

  • MAHER (1964) STATES THAT WORKINGS ARE "FAIRLY EXTENSIVE"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, IRON, ZINC, AND BARITE DEPOSITS BETWEEN MORRISTOWN AND ETOWAH, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 40, NO. 2; REPR. AS TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 12.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL. I.C. 12

  • Deposit

    1964 OTHER MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL. R.I. 19

  • Production

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMONITE DERIVED THROUGH WEATHERING OF PYRITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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