Russell Prospect Mine

Past Producer in Union county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025418
MRDS ID K001281
Record type Site
Current site name Russell Prospect Mine
Related records 10129316

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.84184, 36.39676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ausmus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Other Federal Agencies(Department)

Department UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Union

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS 900 FT. SW OF NEW PROSPECT MINE. MINE IS BELOW POOL LEVEL OF NORRIS LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION CONSISTED OF SMITHSONITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Smithsonite After Sphalerite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maynardville Limestone Member Of Nolichucky Shale, Slightly Dolomitized Limestone
    Rock description Maynardville Limestone Member Of Nolichucky Shale, Slightly Dolomitized Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.84184, 36.39676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Pinnacles Show Conspicuous Fractures Trending N 66 Deg. E.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Powell River Zinc And Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority

Reference information

Bibliographic 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

    PURDUE, A. H., 1912, THE ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 14, 69 P.

  • Deposit

    1912 COMPILE PURDUE, TENN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; REPORT

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A. L., ET AL; REPORT

  • Production

    BROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1200 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW STATES THAT MINERALIZATION RELATED TO CONSPICUOUS SET OF FRACTURES TRENDING N 66 DEG E. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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