Vinyard Iron Bank

Past Producer in Hamblen county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025895
MRDS ID K001870
Record type Site
Current site name Vinyard Iron Bank
Related records 10154568

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.27016, 36.16231 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.75 MILE NE OF WATKINS CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamblen(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morristown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(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 Hamblen

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
    Rock description Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.27016, 36.16231

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding And Breccia Zones In Bedrock; Clay Residuum For Minable Deposits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years LATE 1800'S

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCTION WAS SHIPPED TO ROANE IRON COMPANY AT ROCKWOOD, TENNESSEE.

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., INF. CIR. 12

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    WILLIS, BAILEY, 1886, U.S. 10TH CENSUS, 1880, V. 15.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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