Crockett Iron Bank

Past Producer in Sullivan 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025688
MRDS ID K001609
Record type Site
Current site name Crockett Iron Bank
Related records 10300341

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.07512, 36.55369 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Relative position 2.2 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SOUTH KOLSTON DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holston Valley(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)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Siderite Ore

Analytical data

Result FE-60.32%
Result SI02-6.60%
Result AL203-0.31%
Result MG0-0.63%
Result TI02-0.10%
Result S-0.03%
Result P-0.44%
Result IGN. LOSS-0.12 (COMPOSITE SAMPLE, BROWN ORE)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.07512, 36.55369

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 48 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1809
Production years 1809

Mining district

District name Holston Valley District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 88.39M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL OPENINGS PLUS VERTICAL SHAFT 20 FT DEEP

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

  • Production

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, TENN. DIV. GEOL. R. I. 19

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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