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Lewis Phelps 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025697
MRDS ID K001620
Record type Site
Current site name Lewis Phelps Prospect
Related records 10178449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.63406, 36.39259 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE STRAIGHT CREEK, 500 FT. SW OF PHELPS CEMETERY.

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)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(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

  • THIS LOCALITY IS REFERRED TO BY MAHER AS THE G.L. PHELPS PROSPECTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Galena Ore
Greenockite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maynardsville Limestone
    Rock description Maynardsville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.63406, 36.39259
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Powell River Anticline To Northwest

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Straight Creek District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 38.1M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING CONSISTS OF TWO CUTS, ONE OF WHICH IS FILLED IN. THE OPEN CUT IS 900 FT. TO THE NORTHEAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECRIST STATES THAT "SMALL MASSES AND VEINLETS OF SPHALERITE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME GALENA AND PYRITE FORM REPLACEMENTS IN THE SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK." ; 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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