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J. B. Ford Prospects

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025571
MRDS ID K001469
Record type Site
Current site name J. B. Ford Prospects
Related records 10154149, 10226454, 10275293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.69072, 36.43176 (WGS84)
Relative position 4,000 FEET EAST OF MIRACLE POND.

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)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Comments on the location information

  • OTHER TWO PITS TO NORTH: 2,679,200 (A71) & 750,850 (A72); 2,679,400 (A71) & 750,800 (A72).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPHALERITE SEEN ONLY ON DUMP

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Chepultepec Dolomite; Light-Gray, Coarsely Crystalline Dolomite
    Rock description Chepultepec Dolomite; Light-Gray, Coarsely Crystalline Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.69072, 36.43176
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer Wesley Ford

Comments on the workings information

  • BROKAW NOTES THAT THE ROCK CONTAINS SMALL BODIES OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE WHITE DOLOMITE, A LITTLE PYRITE, AND SPHALERITE.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION LIMITED TO TWO PITS, OF WHICH THE NORTH IS FILLED WITH DEBRIS.

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 50 FT. ABOVE BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. ; 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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