Dugger

Prospect in Johnson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Iron, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178850
MRDS ID K001698
MAS/MILS ID 0470910083
Record type Site
Current site name Dugger
Related records 10025760

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.94984, 36.30649 (WGS84)
Elevation 686

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Mills(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.94984, 36.30649

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Butler District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    JOHN, TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 52, 1944, P. 173.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references