Blockhouse Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Blount 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154251
MRDS ID K001876
MAS/MILS ID 0470090014
Record type Site
Current site name Blockhouse Iron Prospect
Related records 10025900

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.9343, 35.7037 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blockhouse(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.9343, 35.7037

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K001876.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.