Mine detail: Unnamed Phosphate Prospect

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Location: Johnson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.37147, -81.85401
dep_id: 10026416
mrds_id: K005035
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR ()
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Jasperoidal Breccia
Reporter: Bartholomew, Mervin J., Fagan, James M.
Year first produced: 1940
disc_yr: 1916
discr: Jenkins
References:
  • Deposit:: BARTHOLOMEW, M. J., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SHERWOOD QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION MRS 214-SE
  • Deposit:: SMITH, R. W., AND WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 48, 444 P.
  • Deposit:: SMITH & WHITLATCH, 1940, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 4
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