Mine detail: Sharp Iron Bank

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Location: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.58286, -82.05928
dep_id: 10025686
mrds_id: K001606
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite, Siderite
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Ore Occurs In Vein Like, Near Vertical Masses
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
Year first produced: 1825
prod_yrs: 1850-1855
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:: MONEYMAKER, B.C., 1961, TN. ACAD. SCI. JOUR. V. 36
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