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Clint Brewer Prospect

Occurrence in Hancock 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. 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 10025725
MRDS ID K001657
Record type Site
Current site name Clint Brewer Prospect
Related records 10178811

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.29766, 36.51591 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.8 MILE NW OF EVANSTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Back Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(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 Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.29766, 36.51591
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Evanston Zinc District

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 SECRIST STATES THAT SPHALERITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE HOST ROCK, AND THAT PYRITE OCCURS AS GRAINS AND VEINLETS IN HOST ROCK, VEIN DOLOMITE, AND SPHALERITE. LIMONITE AFTER PYRITE. ; 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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