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Proffit Prospect

Occurrence in Johnson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067829
MRDS ID W000681
Record type Site
Current site name Proffit Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.89984, 36.38341 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Doe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(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
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.89984, 36.38341
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MATRIX OF HARD MANGANESE OXIDE IN BRECCIATED QUARTZITE AND JASPEROID ON(FAULT?)CONTACT BETWEEN ERWIN FORMATION AND THE SHADY DOLOMITE(LOWER CAMBRIAN). PSILOMELANE THERE CARRIES 0.3% CO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Butler

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; PROBABLY INSIGNIFICANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., AND OTHERS, 1944, TENNESSEE DEPT. CONSERV. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL 52, P. 158

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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