Beech Grove Zinc Occurrence

Occurrence in Grainger county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10025767
MRDS ID K001709
Record type Site
Current site name Beech Grove Zinc Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.47089, 36.36609 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF COMMUNITY OF BEECH GROVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avondale(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maryville Limestone (Conasauga Group)
    Rock description Maryville Limestone (Conasauga Group)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.47089, 36.36609

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belt

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copper Ridge zinc district
District name East Tennessee zinc district
District name Mascot-Jefferson City zinc district

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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 GEOL.; UNPUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit S.W. MAHER REPORTS THAT SPHALERITE IS PRESENT ALONG THIN GASH VEINS IN THE LIMESTONE, AND AS SUCH IS A VERY LOCALIZED OCCURRENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-73 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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