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William Jennings Prospect

Occurrence in Claiborne 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025703
MRDS ID K001630
Record type Site
Current site name William Jennings Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.59489, 36.4262 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tazewell(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

  • STATE COORDINATES APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMITHSONITE REPORTED BUT NOT OBSERVED (SECRIST)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.59489, 36.4262
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wallen Valley Fault (Maher)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer J.B. Irwin
Production years 1916

Mining district

District name Straight Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. M. Jennings

Comments on the production information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF SMITHSONITE WAS REMOVED FROM CUT.

Comments on development

  • OPEN CUT HAS BEEN FILLED IN (SECRIST)

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

Reporter information

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

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