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Dodson Prospect

Occurrence in Hancock county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Iron, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025723
MRDS ID K001654
Record type Site
Current site name Dodson Prospect
Related records 10299137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.32182, 36.47758 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF BURKE CEMETERY.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Smithsonite After Sphalerite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Rome Formation, Dolomite And Shale
    Rock description Rome Formation, Dolomite And Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.32182, 36.47758
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Evanston Zinc District

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL CUT EXPOSES 4-FOOT THICKNESS OF MINERALIZED STRATA.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING ACTIVITY PROBABLY BY SOUTHLAND EXPLORATION COMPANY, WHICH DID MOST OF THE PROSPECTING IN THE EVANSTON DISTRICT DURING 1917 TO 1919. DEVELOPMENT AT SITE CONSISTS OF SMALL OPEN 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATION OF SHALE AND DOLOMITE (LIMESTONE-SIC.) RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT BY DOLOMITE, SPHALERITE, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF PYRITE, ACCORDING TO SECRIST. A THIN BED OF SHALE ALSO CONTAINS DISSEMINATED GALENA. ; 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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