Mine detail: Fortner Prospect, Northern

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Location: Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.45564, -83.71239
dep_id: 10025564
mrds_id: K001461
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fractured Or Brecciated Zone; But Brokaw Considers Bedding As The Control Of Deposition.
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Copper Ridge Dolomite; Blue-Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline, Two Major Fractures 5 Feet Apart, Strike N 60 Deg W.; Crosscutting Fractures Strike N 20 Deg E.
disc_yr: 1940
discr: Mr. Erwin
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: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P
  • Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL; REPOR
  • Production:: BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C
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