Griffitts Prospect

Past Producer in Blount county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, 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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226687
MAS/MILS ID 0470090025
Record type Site
Current site name Griffitts Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.13241, 35.7909 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Other Federal Agencies(Department)

Department UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Blount

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.13241, 35.7909

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Griffitts
    Year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL EXAMINATION REPORT REG. NO. E-488, MARCH 24, 1942.

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS FRED GRIFFITTS AS OF MARCH 24, 1943.

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.