King Prospect

Prospect in Johnson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275605
MAS/MILS ID 0470910087
Record type Site
Current site name King Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.94674, 36.52478 (WGS84)
Elevation 859

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shady Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(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
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.94674, 36.52478

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL, J.F., WYNDHAM, G.E. & SPENCER, R.V., RECONNAISSANCE

  • Deposit

    EAST TENNESSEE MANGANESE DEPOSITS, 1954, PP. 36-37.

  • Deposit

    KING, PHILIP B., FERGUSON, HERMAN W., CRAIG, LAWRENCE C. & R

  • Deposit

    JOHN, TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 52, 1944, PP. 105-106.

  • Deposit

    REICHERT, STANLEY O., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 50, 1942, PP. 48

  • Deposit

    OWNER-KING HEIRS AS OF JULY 21, 1951.

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.

External references