Bunch

Prospect in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202581
MAS/MILS ID 0470250087
Record type Site
Current site name Bunch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.67209, 36.37729 (WGS84)
Elevation 323

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clouds(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 Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.67209, 36.37729

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Straight Creek

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.