| Deposit ID | 10025704 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001632 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | O.B. Jones Prospect |
| Related records | 10154479 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.62322, 36.40203 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Claiborne(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tazewell(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Claiborne |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Maynardsville Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Maynardsville Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -83.62322, 36.40203 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline On The Northwest |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Discoverer | J.B. Irwin |
| District name | Straight Creek District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 22.86M |
| Overall width | 4.57M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001632 |
SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.
MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.
1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SECRIST STATES THAT THE ROCK HAS BEEN "EXTREMELY FRACTURED BUT APPARENTLY VERY LITTLE MINERALIZATION OCCURRED." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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