Mine detail: Cowan Iron Bank

Previously called 'Lowry Iron Bank'

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Location: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.57314, -82.05095
dep_id: 10025684
mrds_id: K001604
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite, Siderite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1869
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., TN. DIV. GEOL. R.I. NO. 19
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