Carden Zinc Prospect

Occurrence in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025145
MRDS ID K000110
Record type Site
Current site name Carden Zinc Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lyons Prospect
Related records 10202199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.25874, 36.34842 (WGS84)
Elevation 482
Relative position 1.05 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF RIOVISTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Honaker Dolomite
    Rock description Honaker Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.25874, 36.34842

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticline & Minor Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • DETAILS LACKING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, 28P

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE TENN DIV GEO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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