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Medley and Leach 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025585
MRDS ID K001482
Record type Site
Current site name Medley and Leach Prospect
Related records 10154182

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.84268, 36.44536 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ausmus(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

Analytical data

Result ORE IS VERY LOW GRADE (BROKAW)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kingsport Limestone; Light-Gray, Coarsely Crystalline Dolomite
    Rock description Kingsport Limestone; Light-Gray, Coarsely Crystalline Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.84268, 36.44536
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Dip 15 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding (Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Levi Ausmus

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Medley, William

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SMALL PITS, AND ONE LARGE CUT.

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 825 FT. ABOVE BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW STATES THAT "SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND PYRITE OCCUR AS A REPLACEMENT OF THE DOLOMITE AND ALSO AS FRACTURE FILLING ACCOMPANIED BY COARSELY CRYSTALLINE 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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