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B. G. Goin Prospect

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Iron
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  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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025551
MRDS ID K001447
Record type Site
Current site name B. G. Goin Prospect
Alternate or previous names Eli Goin Prospect
Related records 10184467

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.70989, 36.4337 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Clouds(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Smithsonite After Sphalerite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite; Light-Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite; Light-Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.70989, 36.4337
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tear Fault, According To Brokaw.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Markel
    Home office Goin

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • CORE FOUND ON SITE CONTAINED VEINLETS SPHALERITE AND DISSEMINATED PYRITE. SMITHSONITE ON DUMP. DOLOMITE CONTAINING GALENA AND PYRITE FOUND IN TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • MR. MARKEL REPORTED THAT NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. DRILLED ONE HOLE ON NORTH SIDE OF MAIN PIT AND FOUND SOME ZINC ORE. LARGE PIT AND 3 SMALLER TRENCHES.

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

    SECRIST, M. H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, BULL. 31, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M. H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., 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 75 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. NORTH SIDE OF MAIN PIT MAY BE VERTICAL FAULT OR FRACTURE STRIKING N 75 DEG W. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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