| Deposit ID | 10025701 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001626 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lamb Prospect |
| Related records | 10226308 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.31071, 36.47869 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1 MILE SE OF SWAN CREEK CHAPEL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hancock(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Swan Island(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Hancock |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Roms Formation, Medium-Grained Dolomite And Shale | ||||
| Rock description | Roms Formation, Medium-Grained Dolomite And Shale | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -83.31071, 36.47869 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| District name | Evanston Zinc District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 18.29M |
| Overall width | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001626 |
SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.
MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.
1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SECRIST (1924) NOTES THAT ORE IS CONFINED TO THE UPPER 20 FEET OF LIMESTONE AND LOWER 2 FEET OF OVERLYING SHALE. FRACTURING AND BRECCIATION CHARACTERIZES THE MINERALIZED ZONE. BRECCIATION DIMINISHES DOWNWARD AND GRADES INTO UNDISTURBED, UNMINERALIZED BEDROCK. SPHALERITE OCCURS AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN THE DOLOMITE AND SHALE OR IN THE BRECCIA MATRIX. SMALL AMOUNT OF CHALCOPYRITE AS DISSEMINATED GRAINS AND VEINLETS IN THE COARSELY CRYSTALLINE DOLOMITE, OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE MINERALIZED PART OF THE BEDROCK. A THIN BED OF OVERLYING SHALE IS IMPREGNATED WITH GALENA. THE ROCK IS ONLY SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED AT THE SMALLER CUT 150 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST, AND ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISSEMINATED SPHALERITE IS PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1973 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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