Orebank Iron Prospects

Occurrence in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226881
MRDS ID K001603
MAS/MILS ID 0471630012
Record type Site
Current site name Orebank Iron Prospects
Related records 10025683

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.46205, 36.55868 (WGS84)
Elevation 436
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(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
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Honaker Dolomite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Limestone Co., Div. Of Asarco
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K001603.

  • Deposit

    MAHER SW 1970 TN DIV GEOL R I #28 P29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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.