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Howard Lynch Prospects Northern & Southern

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Iron, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025573
MRDS ID K001470
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Lynch Prospects Northern & Southern
Related records 10299539, 10305348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.71906, 36.4573 (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

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHERN PROSPECT AT 2,670,775 (A71), 758,700 (A 72) USBM RPT. OF INVEST. 4204 - HOWARD LYNCH PROSPECT, CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BY ROBERT C. HICKMAN, 1948, PERTAINS TO A PROSPECT KNOWN AS THE J. F. LYNCH PROSPECT AND NOT THE HOWARD LYNCH PROSPECT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

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) -83.71906, 36.4573
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding (Northern Prospect), Tear Fault (Southern Prospect) According To Brokaw.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Howard Lynch And Alifaria Lynch Loveday

Comments on development

  • THE PROSPECTS CONSIST OF 3 PITS, ONE AT NORTHERN PROSPECT, TWO AT SOUTHERN PROSPECT.

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 180 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW NOTES THAT NORTHERN PIT EXPOSES CONSPICUOUS FRACTURE TRENDING N 70 DEG W; SOUTHERN TWO PITS EXPOSE DOLOMITE THAT IS JOINTED BUT EXHIBITS NO COMPARABLE BREAK. CONSIDERABLE LIMONITE AND SMITHSONITE ON DUMPS, BUT ONLY PARTLY OXIDIZED GALENA AND PYRITE IN MINOR AMOUNTS WERE OBSERVED IN THE DOLOMITE. ; 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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