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Wells Zinc Prospect

Occurrence in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Iron, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091869
MRDS ID K001708
Record type Site
Current site name Wells Zinc Prospect
Related records 10299944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.59292, 36.45619 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF WELLS CEMETERY, 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN GARDENS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sullivan Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Mascot Dolomite; Magnesian Limestone
    Rock description Mascot Dolomite; Magnesian Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.59292, 36.45619
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pulaski Fault On The Southeast

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION ACTIVITY CONSISTED OF DIGGING TEN SMALL PITS ALONG A ONE-QUARTER MILE INTERVAL. EIGHT OF THE PITS APPEAR TO BE ON SAME BED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDUE, A.H., 1912, THE ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 14, 63P.

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 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 PURDUE (1912) DESCRIBES MINERALIZATION AS "...VEIN FILLING AND CEMENTING MATERIAL IS DARK ROSIN-JACK, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE DOLOMITE. A LITTLE SMITHSONITE IS PRESENT NEAR THE SURFACE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF PYRITE, SCATTERING CRYSTALS OF CHALCOPYRITE, AND A HYDROCARBON COMPOUND OCCUR IN PLACES." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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