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Ritchie 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025572
MRDS ID K001468
Record type Site
Current site name Ritchie Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lynch Prospect
Related records 10251609

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.70239, 36.44897 (WGS84)
Relative position PROSPECT IS ON MIDDLE BRANCH OF SUGAR CREEK APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET BELOW ITS HEAD.

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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.70239, 36.44897
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prospect Is On Crest Of Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Conspicuous Faults Striking N 58 Deg W And N 55 Deg W. Bedding Is Nearly Horizontal.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures; Breccia Along Faults (Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Mr. Clark

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co. (According To S.W. Maher,Td6)

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPENCUTS ARE 20 BY 50 FT. AND 10 BY 20 FT. RESPECTIVELY; TUNNEL IS 40 FT. IN LENGTH; SHAFT IS 20 FT. DEEP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT IN WHICH IT OCCURS.

Comments on development

  • ACCORDING TO S.W. MAHER, TENN. DIV. GEOL., N. J. ZINC HAS CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION IN THE AREA AND PURCHASED PROPERTY IN FEE. EXPLORATION INCLUDED EXTENSIVE DRILLING AND WAS DONE DURING THE MID 1950'S.

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 DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 31, 165 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1912 COMPILE PURDUE, A. H., TENN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, REPORT

  • 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 155 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. NO MINERALIZATION NOTED IN TUNNEL, ACCORDING TO SECRIST; BUT BROKAW NOTES THE OCCURRENCE OF SULFIDES IN THE TUNNEL; BRECCIATION INCREASES TOWARD TUNNEL MOUTH. ; 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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