Currens Prospect

Prospect in Jefferson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226460
MAS/MILS ID 0470890001
Record type Site
Current site name Currens Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.50159, 36.10429 (WGS84)
Elevation 351

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Market(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.50159, 36.10429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shands, A. D.
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. And H. C. Simpson
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISANCE OF EASTERN TENNESEEMINERAL DEPOSITS BY J.F. ON

  • Deposit

    C. E. WYNDHAM, AND R.V. SPENCER. 1954,UNPUBLISHED, PP. 200-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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