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Shiloh Prospect

Occurrence in Hawkins 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025699
MRDS ID K001623
Record type Site
Current site name Shiloh Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ledford Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.09931, 36.4873 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE N. OF SHILOH AND 3.5 MILE NW OF PRESSMEN'S HOME.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hawkins(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camelot(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 Hawkins

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF BYRD (FORMERLY RICHARDSON) CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KENT ESTIMATES TENOR OF ZINC AT ABOUT 3%.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result USBM ANALYSIS: CA0 = 23.09%
Result MG0 = 14.35%
Result INSOL. = 12.26%
Result FE = 1.43%
Result ZN = 6.46%
Result S = 4.23%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.09931, 36.4873
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED IN PLACES WHERE THE BED IS PARTLY OR WHOLLY ALTERED TO DOLOMITE AND IS BRECCIATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Green, Gonce, And Mathis

Mining district

District name Copper Ridge Zinc District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES WERE DUG AND OUTCROPS BLASTED IN VICINITY OF THE ADIT. MAIN EXPOSURE IS IN QUARRY ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF CREEK.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING BY UNIVERSAL EXPLORATION COMPANY FROM 1941 TO 1943. NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO FOLLOW THE ORE HORIZON FOR ANY APPRECIABLE DISTANCE ALONG STRIKE OR DOWN DIP. ; ECON.COM: TOO FAR FROM RAILROAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT

  • Deposit

    KENT, D.F., MAPS OF THE SHILOH, JOHNS, AND IDOL ZINC PROSPECTS, HAWKINS, HANCOCK, AND GRAINGER COUNTIES, EAST TENNESSEE: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS, PRELIMINARY MAPS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO SECRIST, THE ORE HORIZON IS A BRECCIATED BED IN WHICH FRAGMENTS OF HOST ROCK AND CHERT ARE CEMENTED IN A MATRIX OF SPHALERITE, GANGUE DOLOMITE, CALCITE, CHERT, AND SOME PYRITE. SPHALERITE OCCURS AS CONCENTRICALLY BANDED ROSETTES AND AS IRREGULAR VEINLETS, AND REPLACES ALL THE AFORE-MENTIONED MINERALS, PARTICULARLY DOLOMITE. RICHEST MINERALIZATION FOLLOWS ZONES OF MOST-INTENSE BRECCIATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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