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Unnamed Sulfide Occurrence

Occurrence in Johnson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026413
MRDS ID K005030
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Sulfide Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.76566, 36.36758 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTHEAST OF BULLDOG CREEK ABOUT 3000 FEET WEST OF CENTER VIEW CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Johnson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXTENT OF OCCURRENCE UNKNOWN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Watauga River Mylonitic Gneiss
    Rock description Watauga River Mylonitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.76566, 36.36758
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fries Thrust Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFIDES OCCUR WITHIN THE GREEN, WATAUGA RIVER MYLONITIC GNEISS IMMEDIATELY BELOW A LOW-ANGLE THRUST FAULT. SULFIDES OCCUR AS VEINS AND MASSES WITHIN A HIGHLY FRACTURED HOST ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1976
Discoverer M. J. Bartholomew

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTHOLOMEW, M. J., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SHERWOOD QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION MRS 214-SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Bartholomew, Mervin J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority

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