A mineral spring (chalybeate means iron-rich water) labeled on the 1895 USGS topo quad near Blount Springs. George Powell’s 1855 “History of Blount County” records a local legend, originating from 1810, of lead ore discovered while burying Cherokee Chief Black Fox nearby. Alexander Gilbreath personally investigated multiple locations, including Chalybeate Springs, and found nothing. Two named old settlers, George Fields and John Gunter (raised among Chickasaws), told Powell that Native traders had instead obtained lead from distant mines in Missouri and Illinois, brought in annually during hunting expeditions before white settlement disrupted the trade routes.
Located at approximately 33.8928, -86.7881, about 2.7 miles almost due south of Blount Springs, near Harkness Crossroads and the Warrior River. Despite sharing a page in early research with Baltimore Ford, the two are not near each other, roughly six miles apart in different directions.