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Watauga Point Zinc Prospect

Occurrence in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025100
MRDS ID K000050
Record type Site
Current site name Watauga Point Zinc Prospect
Related records 10129538

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.26791, 36.33565 (WGS84)
Elevation 482
Relative position 0.4 MILES NW RIOVISTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Part Of Conasauga Group, Dolomite
    Rock description Part Of Conasauga Group, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS STRIKE N 32 DEG E, DIP 80 DEG SE ; MAJOR.UNITS: CONASAUGA GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: NO BRECCIATION BUT SLICKENSIDES INDICATE INTRAFORMATIONAL MOVEMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SMALL PITS 20 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE AND 15 FEET DEEP AT SHORT INTERVALS ALONG STRIKE

Comments on development

  • FIELD EXAMINATION BY SECRIST, 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W.,1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 25

  • Deposit

    1924 RECON TENN DIV GEOL

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE TENN DIV GEOL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL FLAKES & MASSES OF ZN PB PY ASSOCIATED WITH GANGUE DOLOMITE & CALCITE DISSEMINATED IN COUNTRY ROCK AS REPLACEMENTS IN MINERALIZED HORIZON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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