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Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence

Occurrence in Fentress county in Tennessee, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025867
MRDS ID K001835
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names L.F. Choate No. 1, Travis Smith Et Al
Related records 10251723

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.04215, 36.4487 (WGS84)
Elevation 277

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fentress(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Fentress

Comments on the location information

  • SURFACE ELEVATION 910 FEET; TOP OF KNOX AT 1845 FEET; TOTAL DEPTH 2310 FEET

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.04215, 36.4487
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SPHALERITE MINERALIZATION IDENTIFIED BY MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF WELL CUTTINGS. MINERALIZED ZONE IS BETWEEN 2205-2260 AND 2090-2295 FEET. THE ZONE IS 445 FEET BELOW THE TOP OF THE KNOX AND 1280 FEET BELOW THE "PENCIL CAVE" (T-3 BENTONITE). SAMPLE SET NUMBER 215. TOP OF KNOX REPORTED AT 1845 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1969, SPHALERITE OF THE MASCOT TYPE IN DEEP WELLS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 4 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES ARE ON FILE AT THE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, NASHVILLE, TENN. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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