Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence

Occurrence in Decatur county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10091875
MRDS ID K001772
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Heywood Cordle No. 1, Memphis Equipt. Co.
Related records 10299384

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.15753, 35.454 (WGS84)
Elevation 155

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Decatur(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thurman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Selmer(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tennessee-Beech(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Decatur

Comments on the location information

  • TOTAL DEPTH 4806 FEET

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.15753, 35.454

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 4370-4430 FEET. THE ZONE IS 3415 FEET BELOW THE TOP OF KNOX AND 4180 FEET BELOW THE "PENCIL CAVE" (T-3 BENTONITE). SAMPLE SET NUMBER 991. TOP OF KNOX IS AT 955 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 GEOLOGY, 1969, SPHALERITE OF THE MASCOT TYPE IN DEEP WELLS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 4 P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

Beyond USGS

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