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Gardner-Tva Prospect

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Iron
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025560
MRDS ID K001457
Record type Site
Current site name Gardner-Tva Prospect
Related records 10129396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.6835, 36.50314 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST BANK POWELL RIVER, 3000 FT. SOUTH OF SOUTHERN RR BRIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middlesboro South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(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
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED GRADE OF ORE IS 3% SPHALERITE, 7% PYRITE, AND LESS THAN 1% GALENA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite; Light-Gray, Crystalline Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite; Light-Gray, Crystalline Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.6835, 36.50314
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Powell River Anticline

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tear Fault, According To Brokaw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority

Comments on the workings information

  • BROKAW STATES THAT MINERALIZED ZONE IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF A FAULT STRIKING N 84 DEG W AND DIPPING 80 DEG S.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES ALONG A FAULT FROM RIVER LEVEL TO TOP OF BLUFF 300 FEET HIGHER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A. L., ET AL; REPOR

  • Production

    BROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 260 FT BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW STATES THAT "ROCK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FAULT IS FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED, AND THE ORE IS IN THE INTERSTICES OF THE BRECCIA". ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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