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Gap Creek 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025607
MRDS ID K001505
Record type Site
Current site name Gap Creek Prospect
Related records 10154658

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.68822, 36.52147 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middlesboro South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(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
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Absence Of Sphalerite In Prospects Due To Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Longview Dolomite
    Rock description Longview Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.68822, 36.52147
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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 Many Small Unmineralized Faults And Fractures Intersect The Main Fault.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 81 DEG W
    Dip 85 DEG S
    Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tear Fault (According To Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles H. Turner

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT IS 120 FEET LONG; VERTICAL SHAFT IS 40 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT, A VERTICAL SHAFT, AND SEVERAL PITS.

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 500 FT. ABOVE BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. SPHALERITE IN 47 FEET OF A 653-FEET DEEP DRILL HOLE JUST SOUTH OF THE INCLINED SHAFT. ORE EXPOSED IN PROSPECTS AND SHAFTS IS A MIXTURE OF GALENA, SMITHSONITE, AND PYRITE IN VEINS 0.5 TO 6 INCHES IN WIDTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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