| Deposit ID | 10400497 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | East Fork District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.395, 35.834 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sevier(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Richardson Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower French Broad(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Sevier |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock type qualifier | carbonaceous |
| Rock unit name | Ocoee Series, Wilhite Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ocoee Series, Wilhite Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Ocoee Series, Wilhite Formation |
| (1) | -83.395, 35.834 |
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| Operation type | Surface |
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Orris, G.J., and Chernoff, C.B., 2004, Table of world phosphate deposits, in Hein, J.R., ed., Life cycle of the Phosphoria Formation: From deposition to the post-mining environment: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Handbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry v. 8, CD-ROM.
Cathcart, J.B., 1989, The phosphate deposits of Tennessee, USA, in A.J.G. Notholt, R.P. Sheldon and D.F. Davidson (eds), Phosphate deposits of the world, Volume 2--Phosphate rock resources: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 6-13.
McClellan, G.H. and Saavedra, F.N., 1986, Proterozoic and Cambrian phosphorites?deposits: Khubsugul, Mongolian People?s Republic. In P.J. Cook and J.H. Shergold (eds), Phosphate deposits of the world, Volume 1-- Proterozoic and Cambrian phosphorites. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 244-267.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | This deposit is same as Orris and Cheroff (2004) Deposit_No 1005, which their location plots in North Carolina. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 29-DEC-10 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey |
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