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Fortner Branch Prospects

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025563
MRDS ID K001460
Record type Site
Current site name Fortner Branch Prospects
Alternate or previous names Old Dam, New Dam Prospects
Related records 10129090, 10202455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.73517, 36.4473 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Comments on the location information

  • NEW DAM PROSPECT IS 400 FT. UPSTREAM FROM LOCALITY AT A71, A72.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite; Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite; Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.73517, 36.4473
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Joint Sets N 65 Deg E At Old Prospect, N 45 Deg E At New Prospect

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures (Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • SULFIDES DISCOVERED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF OLD AND NEW DAMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL; REPOR

  • Production

    BROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 190 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE, FOR BOTH PROSPECTS. DOLOMITE IS BRECCIATED AT LOWER OR OLD PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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