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Johnson Prospects

Past Producer in Roane county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025769
MRDS ID K001712
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Prospects
Related records 10251686

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.4502, 35.76454 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF DOGWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Roane(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Creek(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 Roane

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES MARK APPROXIMATE CENTER OF 3 PITS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.4502, 35.76454
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1970

Mining district

District name Sweetwater Barite District - Western Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. M. Godsey
  • Type Owner
    Owner Millsap

Comments on the production information

  • BARITE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN MINED AT THIS LOCALITY, BUT PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAHER (1970) STATES THAT THE DEPOSITS ARE IN RESIDUUM OVERLYING THE UPPER KNOX GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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