Commodities
TertiaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR ()
Ore controlJasperoidal Breccia (?)
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1960
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10096982
MRDS IDK005034
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates36.36758, -81.8679
References
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-SESMITH, R. W., AND WHITLATCH, G. I., 1940, THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 48, 444 P.KING, P. B., AND FERGUSON, H. W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136 P.SMITH & WHITLATCH, 1940, TENN DIV. GEOL. BULL. 4