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Ford Prospect

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025581
MRDS ID K001478
Record type Site
Current site name Ford Prospect
Related records 10201907

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.63461, 36.48591 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.25 MI. NW OF DUO, TENN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Clouds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED GRADE 4% ZN, LESS THAN 1% PB.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.63461, 36.48591
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding (According To Brokaw); Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MINERALIZED BEDS, EACH OF WHICH IS 2 FEET THICK.

Comments on development

  • APPROXIMATELY 30 TONS OF HAND-COBBED ORE STOCKPILED NEAR THE PROSPECT AT TIME OF EXAMINATION (1942).

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: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-C, P. C1 - C56

  • 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 70 FT. ABOVE BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW STATES THAT "SPHALERITE, SMALL MASSES OF GALENA, AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF DISSEMINATED PYRITE" OCCUR IN TWO DOLOMITE BEDS. LOWER BED CONTAINS CHERT WHICH HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND MINERALIZED. UPPER BED CONTAINS "ROUND PATCHES" OF BRECCIA; "SPHALERITE AND ...DOLOMITE FILL THE SPACES BETWEEN THE FRAGMENTS". ; 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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