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Gardner Prospect

Occurrence in Claiborne 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025606
MRDS ID K001504
Record type Site
Current site name Gardner Prospect
Related records 10299407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.67378, 36.52064 (WGS84)
Relative position ON POWELL RIVER , 0.3 MI. ESE OF MINTON MILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middlesboro South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(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
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result OVERALL GRADE ESTIMATED AT 4% ZN AND 3% PB.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.67378, 36.52064
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Powell River Anticline, Trends Northeast.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 88 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fault Zone Trending N 88 Deg W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Mr. Gardner, Rose Hill, Va.

Comments on the workings information

  • BROKAW STATES THAT SULFIDES ARE DISSEMINATED ALONG A FAULT ZONE, BUT THAT FAULT GOUGE IS UNMINERALIZED.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF SINGLE PIT 100 FT. FROM RIVER'S EDGE

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

  • 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 125 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. ROCK IS FRACTURED. , AND LOCALLY ALTERED TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE DOLOMITE. ; 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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