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Matt Evans Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025555
MRDS ID K001452
Record type Site
Current site name Matt Evans Prospect
Related records 10202065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.73322, 36.45897 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Calamine, Cerussite, And Smithsonite After Sulfides

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) -83.73322, 36.45897
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brokaw States That Dolomite Has Been Shattered By Joint Sets Striking N 20 Deg E And N 75 Deg W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding (Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • OTHER CUT IS 10 FT. LONG AND 10 FT. WIDE; BEDS STRIKE N 60 DEG E AND DIP 8 DEG. N.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION CONSISTS OF TWO CUTS

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: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-C, P. C1 - C56

  • 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 100 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW STATES THAT "MINERALS CONSIST OF GALENA IN VUGS SCATTERED THROUGH THE DOLOMITE AND OF SPHALERITE IN VEINLETS AND MASSES. CALAMINE, CERUSSITE, AND SMITHSONITE ARE PRESENT ON THE WEATHERED SURFACES". ; 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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