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Wilson Iron Bank

Past Producer in Blount 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025899
MRDS ID K001875
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Iron Bank
Related records 10251265

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.9299, 35.76704 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2 MILE NW OF WILDER CHAPEL CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maryville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Blount

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result WILLIS (1886) REPORTS THAT LIMONITE CONTAINS 0.5% ZNS AND 0.1% NIS. HIS ANALYSIS ALSO INDICATES THAT LIMONITE CONSISTS OF 53.54% FE, TR. MN, 6.70% INSOL., 0.143% P, 0.36% ZN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.9299, 35.76704
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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

  • Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1880'S

Comments on the production information

  • WILLIS (1886) STATES THAT THE MINE "...STILL CONTINUES TO YIELD A LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE, AFTER BEING WORKED NINE MONTHS..."

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AREA NOW OCCUPIED BY A SUBDIVISION (RESIDENTIAL)

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WILLIS (1886) OBSERVED THAT DEPOSITS WERE DERIVED THROUGH WEATHERING OF PYRITE. POST-1950 MINING AT OTHER LOCALITIES EXPOSED PYRITE-FILLED BRECCIA IN PINNACLES OF BEDROCK. ; 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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