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Unnamed Phosphate Prospect

Prospect in Johnson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096982
MRDS ID K005034
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Phosphate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.8679, 36.36758 (WGS84)
Relative position 2500 FEET SOUTH OF WILSON HILL ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF AVERY BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Johnson

Comments on the location information

  • KING AND FERGUSON (1960) SHOW A LIMESTONE QUARRY ABOUT 500 FEET EAST OF THIS PROSPECT. INASMUCH AS THEY DO NOT SHOW THIS PHOSPHATE PROSPECT AND INASMUCH AS BARTHOLOMEW WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THEIR QUARRY HE THINKS THEY MAY HAVE MISTAKEN THIS PHOSPHATE PROSPECT FOR A QUARRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE IS TYPICALLY A HARD, WHITE YELLOW OR TAN MATERIAL AND COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH BRECCIA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.8679, 36.36758
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ()

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jasperoidal Breccia (?)

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS NEAR THE SHADY - ROME CONTACT WITHIN THE UPPER PART OF THE SHADY FORMATION. BARTHOLOMEW SUGGESTS ADDITIONAL PHOSPHATE MAY BE FOUND BENEATH THE EXTENSIVE TERRACE DEPOSITS IN THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Jenkins
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Johnson County Phosphate District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT COVERS AN AREA ABOUT 20 X 30 FEET

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMITH AND WHITLATCH (1940) CONSIDER THESE DEPOSITS AS LOW GRADE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTHOLOMEW, M. J., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SHERWOOD QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION MRS 214-SE

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. W., AND WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 48, 444 P.

  • Deposit

    KING, P. B., AND FERGUSON, H. W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136 P.

  • Deposit

    SMITH & WHITLATCH, 1940, TENN DIV. GEOL. BULL. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Bartholomew, Mervin J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority

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