| Deposit ID | 10025746 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001681 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Trotter Zinc Prospect |
| Related records | 10129726 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.53683, 35.95676 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.35 MILE EAST OF LEFT ABUTMENT OF DOUGLAS DAM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sevier(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Douglas Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower French Broad(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Sevier |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Result | LETTER OF JAN. 17, 1902 FROM CHARLES MOOERS, CHEMIST, UNIV. OF TENN., TO W.L. TROTTER, STATES THAT SPECIMEN SUBMITTED CONTAINED 60.9% METALLIC ZINC. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Mascot Dolomite, Dark-Gray, Finely Crystalline Dol | ||||
| Rock description | Mascot Dolomite, Dark-Gray, Finely Crystalline Dol | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -83.53683, 35.95676 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Discoverer | Mr. Heal |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. L. Trotter |
| First year | 1927 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Government |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001681 |
MAHER, S.W., 1964, IRON, ZINC, AND BARITE DEPOSITS BETWEEN MORRISTOWN AND ETOWAH, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 39, NO. 3, P. 103-106; REPRINTED AS TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 12.
MARIE, J.R., 1963, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MILLICAN CREEK AREA, SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: KNOXVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, MS THESIS, 37 P.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1942, INFORMAL FIELD REPORTS DATED JANUARY 28, 1942: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1962, INFORMAL FIELD REPORTS, MARCH 14, 1962.
1964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
1971 RECON CARPENTER, FAGAN, & WEDOW; TVA & USGS, REPORT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SPHALERITE AND PYRITE ARE DISSEMINATED IN SLIGHTLY PHOSPHATIC CARBONACEOUS DOLOMITE THAT MAKES UP THE BRECCIA MATRIX AND FILLS BEDDING-PLANE FRACTURES ADJACENT TO MATRIX-FILLED SOLUTION CHANNELS AND CAVITIES. SPHALERITE IS LIGHT-YELLOW, MUCH OF IT IN THIN VEINLETS, ACCORDING TO DUMP MATERIAL. NO MINERALIZED ROCK SEEN IN PLACE. PILE OF LIMONITE NEAR ONE OF THE PITS SUGGESTS THAT PROSPECTING WAS INITIALLY FOR IRON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1973 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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