Combs Station Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025546
MRDS ID K001442
Record type Site
Current site name Combs Station Prospect
Related records 10299051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.68961, 36.50314 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middlesboro South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROSPECT DUG FOR ZINC; NOT PRESENT.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.68961, 36.50314

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Trending N 75 Deg. E. Through Pit

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture (According To Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PYRITE DISSEMINATED IN DOLOMITE

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

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 320 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. ; 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.

External references