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Givens Prospect

Occurrence in Hancock county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  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 10025724
MRDS ID K001656
Record type Site
Current site name Givens Prospect
Related records 10274762

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.2771, 36.51702 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.1 MILE N. OF BREWER CHAPEL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Back Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.2771, 36.51702
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Evanston Zinc District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TWO ADJOINING CUTS HAVE AVERAGE DEPTH OF 8-10 FEET, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 30 FEET OF UNREMOVED ROCK BETWEEN THEM, EXPOSE THE ORE HORIZON FOR A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET ALONG THE DIP. ORE NOT EXPOSED AT WEST CUT.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SMALL OPEN CUTS: TWO ADJOINING EACH OTHER ON EAST SLOPE OF HOLLOW AND ONE ON WEST SLOPE.

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 SPHALERITE AND RECRYSTALLINE DOLOMITE OCCUR AS DISSEMINATED MASSES AND VEINLETS NEAR THE TOP OF THE DOLOMITE HORIZON. ACCORDING TO SECRIST, POCKETS OF "HIGH-GRADE ORE" OCCUR DISCONTINUOUSLY. A 6-INCH THICK SHALE BED OVERLIES THE DOLOMITE, ABOVE WHICH THE DOLOMITE IS APPARENTLY UNMINERALIZED. ; 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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