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Horse Creek Zinc Prospect

Occurrence in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Barium-Barite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025682
MRDS ID K001602
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek Zinc Prospect
Related records 10305582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.64986, 36.46091 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lovelace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GENERALIZED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kingsport Formation, Dolomite-Limestone;Mascot Formation, Dolomite-Limestone
    Rock description Kingsport Formation, Dolomite-Limestone;Mascot Formation, Dolomite-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.64986, 36.46091
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Breccia In Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • YELLOW TO BROWN SPHALERITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fall Branch Barite District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H., AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 450-466.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INFO. CIRC. 6, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    1924 RECON SECRIST, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZINC CONTENT OF BARITE ORE IN DISTRICT FIRST NOTED IN 1890'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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