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Shot Wilson Prospect

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Lead
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  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 10025562
MRDS ID K001459
Record type Site
Current site name Shot Wilson Prospect
Related records 10202486

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.746, 36.44119 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.746, 36.44119
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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 Joint Sets N 65 Deg E And N 10 Deg W; Galena Apparently Unrelated To Joints.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding (According To Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shot Wilson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ATTITUDE OF DOLOMITE IS NEARLY HORIZONTAL

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT IS OVERGROWN AND PARTLY FILLED

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 160 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW NOTES THAT "ROCK CONTAINS SMALL VUGS PARTLY FILLED WITH DOLOMITE AND GALENA CRYSTALS, AND ALSO SOME BLEBS OF GALENA". ; 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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