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Chad Wilson Prospect

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10025568
MRDS ID K001465
Record type Site
Current site name Chad Wilson Prospect
Related records 10202394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.75156, 36.44591 (WGS84)
Relative position 2700 FT. ABOVE MOUTH OF CANEY HOLLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(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 Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA REPORTED BUT NOT OBSERVED BY INVESTIGATORS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite; Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite; Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.75156, 36.44591
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Conspicuous Jointing Strikes N 75 Deg W.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture (According To Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Ben England

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harris, C. A.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT APPARENTLY SUNK ON FRACTURES TRENDING N 75 DEG W.

Comments on development

  • BEN ENGLAND REPORTEDLY SANK A SHAFT ON THE SITE AND FOUND ZN AND PB SULFIDES IN BEDROCK. SHAFT IS FILLED.

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 320 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW (1966) REPORTS THAT LIMONITE AND ZINC CARBONATE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO THE NW ACROSS THE HILL, NEARLY ON STRIKE OF THE FRACTURES THAT TREND N 75 DEG W. ; 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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