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Orebank Iron Prospects

Occurrence in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.46207, 36.55869 (WGS84)
Relative position AT NORTHWEST EXTREMITY OF VILLAGE OF ORE BANK

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

Comments on the location information

  • OTHER PROSPECTS EXTEND OVER 2 OR 3 MILES ALONG STRIKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Honaker Dolomite
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospect On Hanging Wall Of The Clifts Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHERT RESIDUUM CONTAINS SPONGY BROWN ORE-CUBES OF LIMONITE PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER PYRITE. BARITE IN LUMPS AND FRAGMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONEYMAKER, B.C., 1961, OCCURRENCE OF IRON ORE MINERALS IN THE UPPER KNOX DOLOMITE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR. V. 36, NO. 1, P.23-37.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, THE BROWN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 19, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON T.V.A., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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