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Fortner Prospect, Northern

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025564
MRDS ID K001461
Record type Site
Current site name Fortner Prospect, Northern
Related records 10154150

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.71239, 36.45564 (WGS84)
Relative position 3200 FT. NE OF LILY GROVE SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Clouds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE ESTIMATED AT 3% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite; Blue-Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite; Blue-Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.71239, 36.45564
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Major Fractures 5 Feet Apart, Strike N 60 Deg W.; Crosscutting Fractures Strike N 20 Deg E.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Or Brecciated Zone; But Brokaw Considers Bedding As The Control Of Deposition.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Mr. Erwin

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Erwin

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3.05M
    Overall length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT AND OPENCUT EXCAVATED IN SHATTERED ROCK BETWEEN TWO FRACTURES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL; REPOR

  • Production

    BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 190 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND PYRITE OCCUR ALONG MAIN FRACTURES, PARALLEL JOINTS, AND DISSEMINATED IN COUNTRY ROCK, ALSO AS VUGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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