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C.S. Davis Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025700
MRDS ID K001624
Record type Site
Current site name C.S. Davis Prospect
Related records 10202524

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.27821, 36.41231 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE WSW OF ROCK BRIDGE CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swan Island(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 Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite, Knox Group
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite, Knox Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.27821, 36.41231
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copper Ridge Zinc District

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALIZED HORIZONS OCCUR AT IRREGULARLY SPACED INTERVALS OVER A STRATIGRAPHIC THICKNESS OF 295 FEET.

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP ONLY, NO PROSPECTING ACTIVITY IMPLIED BY SECRIST. ; ECON.COM: EXPOSURES SUGGEST INSUFFICIENT GRADE AND QUANTITY TO WARRANT PROSPECTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 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 SECRIST STATES THAT "NARROW BRECCIATED BEDS IN THE DOLOMITE OCCUR AND THESE CONTAIN VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF SPHALERITE, EITHER IN THE FORM OF SMALL MASSES OR VEINLETS, ASSOCIATED WITH GANGUE DOLOMITE, CALCITE, CHERT, AND SOME PYRITE. THESE MINERALS FORM THE MATRIX OF THE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OF THE COUNTRY ROCK." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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