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Fortner Prospect, Southern

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025565
MRDS ID K001462
Record type Site
Current site name Fortner Prospect, Southern
Related records 10251244

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.71128, 36.45202 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result GALENA REPORTEDLY SPARSE IN WALLS OF ADIT.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.71128, 36.45202
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone; Brokaw Considers Control By Tear Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer American Zinc Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.05M

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION CONSISTS OF ADIT IN BLUFF.

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 IS MORE EVIDENT IN WEATHERED ROCK ON EITHER SIDE OF ADIT THAN IN FRESH ROCK EXPOSED ALONG ADIT WALLS. SPHALERITE APPARENTLY ABSENT, NONE OBSERVED. BROKAW (1966) CONSIDERS MINERALIZED BED AT THIS LOCALITY THE SAME AS THAT AT F. M. DAY AND W. P. DAY PROSPECTS ELSEWHERE IN THE DISTRICT. ; 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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