Sugar Hollow

Past Producer in Washington county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, 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 10276135
MRDS ID K000964
MAS/MILS ID 0471790019
Record type Site
Current site name Sugar Hollow
Related records 10025262

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -82.47626, 36.16119 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(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 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -82.47626, 36.16119

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove 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. 25.

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS

  • Deposit

    UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOG

  • Deposit

    54, P. 54.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references