Brown Prospect

Prospect in Greene county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299561
MRDS ID K005940
MAS/MILS ID 0470590031
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Prospect
Related records 10095002

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.9457, 36.22759 (WGS84)
Elevation 381

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Ridge Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.9457, 36.22759

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Tipton, Lloyd Brown, W. R. Blanton And Fred Holt
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPT, SEPT 1944, REGIONAL FILE # E-673A.

  • Deposit

    OWNERS OF THE BROWN-TIPTON PROSPECTS ARE J.H. TIPTON, LLOYD

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.R. BLANTON AND FRED HOLT AS OF SEPTEMBER, 1944.

  • Deposit

    BROKAW, ARNOLD L., DUNLAP, JOHN C. AND RODGERS, JOHN U.S.G.S

  • Deposit

    BULL 1222-A, 1966, P. A17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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