W.S. Mallicoat Prospect

Prospect in Grainger county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025710
MRDS ID K001638
Record type Deposit
Current site name W.S. Mallicoat Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.50406, 36.33953 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position PROSPECT IS ON PUNCHEON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Valley(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 Grainger

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock type qualifier light blue, fine-grained
    Rock unit name Knox Group
    Rock description Knox Group, Light Blue, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.50406, 36.33953

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belt

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer C.B. Comstock

Mining district

District name Copper Ridge Zinc District
District name East Tennessee zinc district
District name Mascot-Jefferson City zinc district

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. S. Mallicoat

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CUTS AT PROSPECT; 50 BY 20 FEET AND 15 BY 10 FEET.

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

  • Production

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS REPORTEDLY (SECRIST) IN A TWO-FOOT BRECCIATED BED IN THE NORTH CUT, 840 FEET BELOW THE TOP OF THE KNOX GROUP. NO ORE SEEN IN PLACE, BUT BOULDERS ON DUMP CONTAINED SMALL VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES OF SPHALERITE, DOLOMITE, CALCITE, AND CHERT WHICH FORM A MATRIX FOR THE BRECCIA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-73 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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