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Richland

Prospect in Grainger county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251634
MAS/MILS ID 0470570023
Record type Site
Current site name Richland

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.63849, 36.11569 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mascot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Grainger

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.63849, 36.11569
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 550M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 60
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 871120

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner USX Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office 600 Grant St., Pittsburg, Pa 15230
    Year 1987

Comments on the ownership information

  • LOCAL ADDRESS: BOX 632 JEFFERSON CITY, TN 37760 USX CONTROLS APPROXIMATELY 530 HA OF MINERAL DEPOSIT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT TONNAGE AND GRADE GIVEN BY GEOLOGIST BILL LAWRENCE AT USX ZINC MINE DIVISION, JEFFERSON CITY, FOR YEAR 1987. (PHONE CONVERSATION, 11/87)

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE DEVELOPED BY USX CORP. USX WOULD LIKE TO SELL PROPERTY TO ASARCO WHO OWNS OPERATING PROPERTY (YOUNG MINE SEE SEQ NO. 0470890005) ADJACENT TO RICHLAND ON SOUTHEAST SIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-87 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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