Ballard Exploration Area

Prospect in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154238
MAS/MILS ID 0471230170
Record type Site
Current site name Ballard Exploration Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.62772, 35.6037 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McMinn(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tranquillity(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.62772, 35.6037

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Borax And Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE; MIDDLE TENNESSEE ZINC; E&MJ, V. 180, NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, K.R. AND HILL, W.T.; THE ELMWOOD PROJECT;

  • Deposit

    MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 59, NO. 3, MARCH, 1973.

  • Deposit

    CALLAHAN, WILLIAM; THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZINC

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT AT ELMWOOD, TENNESSEE, CONCEPT AND CONSEQUENCE;

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 7, NOVEMBER, 1977.

  • Deposit

    KYLE, J. RICHARD; BRECCIATION, ALTERATION, AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT;

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 5, AUGUST, 1976.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, R.C. AND HOAGLAND, A.D.; PALEOKARST PHENOMENA AND

  • Deposit

    THE POST-KNOX UNCONFORMITY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE;

  • Deposit

    G.S.A. ABSTRACTS, ANNUAL MEETING, CIRCULAR 2, 1970.

  • Deposit

    STAGG, A.K. AND FISCHER, F.T.; UPPER KNOX STRATIGRAPHY OF

  • Deposit

    MIDDLE TENNESSEE; G.S.A. ABSTRACTS, ANNUAL MEETING,

  • Deposit

    CIRCULAR 2, 1970.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, F.T. AND HOAGLAND, A.D.; HYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    OF THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT; A.I.M.E. WORLD

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC SYMPOSIUM, OCTTOBER 1970, V. 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BORAX, LOCAL NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT, JULY 1, 1975.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BORAX, NEWS RELEASE, JULY 26, 1978.

  • Deposit

    ZIMMERMAN, R.; 1980; FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF MISSISSIPPI

  • Deposit

    VALLEY-TYPE MINERALIZATION FROM THE SWEETWATER

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: AN EXAMPLE OF FLUID MIXING;

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, J.R., AND SCHARON, L.; SUCCESSFUL USE OF LANDSAT

  • Deposit

    IMAGERY FOR LEAD-ZINC EXPLORATION IN TENNESSEE AND

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY; COPY OF G.S.A. POSTER SESSION PAPER,

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL MEETING, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1978.

  • Deposit

    NEESHAM, R.; EXXON EMERGING AS A MAJOR MINING FIRM; E&MJ,

  • Deposit

    V. 179, NO. 7, JULY, 1978.

  • Deposit

    --FIRST ZINC INGOTS POURED AT NJZ'S NEW CLARKSVILLE

  • Deposit

    REFINERY; E&MJ, V. 180, NO. 1, JANUARY, 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 University Of Missouri U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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