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Washburn Station Occurrence

Occurrence in Grainger county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025702
MRDS ID K001627
Record type Site
Current site name Washburn Station Occurrence
Related records 10178464

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.59517, 36.30148 (WGS84)
Relative position RAILROAD CUT, 0.8 MI. N. OF WASHBURN, TENN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Valley(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 Grainger

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.59517, 36.30148
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belt

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copper Ridge Zinc District

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE IN RAILROAD CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT

  • Production

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECRIST (1924) NOTES THAT TWO SMALL OUTCROPS OF SPHALERITE WERE OBSERVED, STRATIGRAPHICALLY 35 FEET APART. "THE ORE CONSISTS OF SMALL MASSES AND VEINLETS OF SPHALERITE ASSOCIATED WITH GANGUE DOLOMITE AND CHERT IN A TIGHT, UNBRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK. UPPER EXPOSURE IS 700 FEET STRATIGRAPHICALLY BELOW THE TOP OF THE KNOX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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