Orebank Mine

Past Producer in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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 10178951
MRDS ID K001607
MAS/MILS ID 0471630023
Record type Site
Current site name Orebank Mine
Related records 10102268

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.45625, 36.56038 (WGS84)
Elevation 378

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 Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Honaker Dolomite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, STUART W., TENN DIV OF GEOL R.I. 28, 1970, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    CRIB LOCAT IS 30DEG 34'06" N LAT; 82DEG 26'13" W LONG

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.