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Graves Prospects

Occurrence in Union county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025421
MRDS ID K001284
Record type Site
Current site name Graves Prospects
Related records 10129258, 10300314

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.77212, 36.3487 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maynardville(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 Union

Comments on the location information

  • OTHER PROSPECT 720,100; 2,653,300.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROSPECT AT A83 SHOWS NO MINERALIZED MATERIAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Mascot Dolomite; Light-Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Rock description Mascot Dolomite; Light-Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.77212, 36.3487
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast Trending Powell River Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 31 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. M. Graves

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, ET AL., REPOR

  • Production

    BROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL MASSES OF SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND PYRITE ARE "SCATTERED" THROUGH THE ROCK IN AN AREA MORE THAN 100 FEET SQUARE. ; 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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