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Shofner Prospect Southwest

Occurrence in Union county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025416
MRDS ID K001279
Record type Site
Current site name Shofner Prospect Southwest
Related records 10202515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.80796, 36.42509 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ausmus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(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 Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
    Rock description Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.80796, 36.42509
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture (Brokaw) Trending N 80 Deg W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on development

  • SOUTHWEST PROSPECT CONSISTS OF 2 OPENINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS CAVED.

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 380 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW STATES THAT BRECCIA IS HEAVILY PYRITIZED AND CONTAINS ONLY TRACES OF SPHALERITE. ; 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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