| Deposit ID | 10025713 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001641 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Dalton Prospect |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.37821, 36.3862 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 412 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | ON COPPER RIDGE, ABOVE AND WEST OF CEDAR SPRINGS CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grainger(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Howard Quarter(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 | Grainger |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Result | USBM DRILL CORES INCLUDED INTERVALS RANGING FROM 0.13 TO 7.55% ZINC, IN 5 OF 8 HOLES. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||
| Rock type qualifier | siliceous | ||
| Rock unit name | Kingsport Formation | ||
| Rock description | Kingsport Formation, Siliceous Dolomite | ||
| |||
| Ore Body (1) | -83.37821, 36.3862 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 62 DEG E |
| Dip | 37 DEG SE |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Copper Ridge Zinc District |
|---|---|
| District name | East Tennessee zinc district |
| District name | Mascot-Jefferson City zinc district |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tandy Dalton |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001641 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470570012 | MRDS dep_id 10154380 merged into 10025713 |
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.
SAYRES, R.L., AND CLAYTON, A.B., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF IDOL AND DALTON ZINC DEPOSITS, GRAINGER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S.B.M. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4497, 7 P.
1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL.
1949 DIREXPL SAYRS AND CLAYTON, USBM R.I. 4497
1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL.
SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ACCORDING TO SAYRS AND CLAYTON, THE ORE "CONSISTS OF IRREGULARLY INTERMIXED MASSES AND VEINLETS OF SPHALERITE, DOLOMITE, CHERT, AND SOME CALCITE DEPOSITED AS A MATRIX CEMENTING ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF COUNTRY ROCK." ORE HORIZON ABOUT 690 FEET BELOW TOP OF THE KNOX GROUP. DALTON PROSPECT REPORTED (SECRIST) TO BE LOCALITY WHERE ZINC WAS FIRST DISCOVERED ON COPPER RIDGE. |
| 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 |
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