Kings Bend Mine

Past Producer in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Zinc
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 10275334
MRDS ID K001490
MAS/MILS ID 0470250028
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Bend Mine
Related records 10025593

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.64849, 36.50038 (WGS84)
Elevation 351

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middlesboro South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.64849, 36.50038

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swab Heirs
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K001490.

  • Deposit

    BROKAW AL ET AL 1966 US GEOL SUR BULL 1222C P33.

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.

External references