Odell Prospect

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025596
MRDS ID K001493
Record type Site
Current site name Odell Prospect
Alternate or previous names D. W. Harris Prospect
Related records 10129688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.74572, 36.41342 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clouds(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
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Secondary Zn & Pb Minerals After Sulfides

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE ESTIMATED LESS THAN 5% COMBINED ZN & PB

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.74572, 36.41342

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Subsidiary Joints Striking N 43 Deg W

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tear Fault Trending N 57 Deg W (Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. W. Harris

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 39.62M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALIZED ZONE RANGES FROM 18 TO 48 INCHES IN THICKNESS, (BROKAW). THICKEST INTERVAL OF MINERALIZATION (INCLUDING BARREN ZONES) IN DRILL HOLES WAS 30.5 FEET (HICKMAN). 60 FT. SHAFT

Comments on development

  • FIVE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TOTALING 585.3 FEET DRILLED BY USBM DURING 1947.

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: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-C, 56 P.

  • Deposit

    HICKMAN, ROBERT C., 1948, D. W. HARRIS (O'DELL) ZINC PROSPECT, CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 4206, 3 P.

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL HICKMAN, R. C., USBM, R.I. 4206

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL; REPORT

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 155 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW STATES THAT THE RELATIVELY HORIZONTAL BEDS ARE "HEAVILY FRACTURED AND ROTATED ADJACENT TO THE FAULT". "FRACTURES ARE FILLED WITH SMITHSONITE, GALENA, LIMONITE, AND PYRITE". HICKMAN NOTES PRESENCE OF MARCASITE IN DRILL CORES, AS WELL AS OTHER SULFIDES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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