L.L. Mallicoat Prospect

Occurrence 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025711
MRDS ID K001639
Record type Deposit
Current site name L.L. Mallicoat Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.34377, 36.40009 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 0.6 MI. NW OF CLINCHVIEW SCHOOL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swan Island(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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kingsport Formation, Siliceous Dolomite
    Rock description Kingsport Formation, Siliceous Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.34377, 36.40009

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Discoverer Mr. Dougherty Of Morristown

Mining district

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

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING CONSISTS OF SMALL EXPOSURES IN THE CREEK BED AND NEARBY HILLSIDE. ; ECON.COM: VERY LITTLE ORE IS VISIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECRIST NOTES THAT "ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF BRECCIATION IS VISIBLE AND THE MATRIX CEMENTING THE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS CONSISTS MOSTLY OF GANGUE DOLOMITE IN WHICH ARE SCATTERED MINUTE FLAKES OF DARK-BROWN SPHALERITE." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-73 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.