Fall Branch

Past Producer in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, 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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227452
MRDS ID K001600
MAS/MILS ID 0471630015
Record type Site
Current site name Fall Branch
Related records 10025680

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -82.61406, 36.43928 (WGS84)
Elevation 421
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sullivan Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(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
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -82.61406, 36.43928

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fall Branch District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DI

  • Deposit

    LOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977. RECORD 040 / MAP NAME IS SULLIVAN GARDENS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.