| Deposit ID | 10025726 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001658 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Keaton Prospect |
| Related records | 10202538 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.3196, 36.51091 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.8 MILE NW OF BREWER CHAPEL. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Hancock |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Rome Formation, Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Rome Formation, Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -83.3196, 36.51091 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Wetherill And Hecksher |
| District name | Evanston Zinc District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 15.24M |
| Overall width | 3.66M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001658 |
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
SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL MASSES AND VEINLETS OF SPHALERITE OCCUR AS DISSEMINATED REPLACEMENTS OF THE HOST ROCK, ACCORDING TO SECRIST, WHO ALSO NOTES THAT WITHIN THE MINERALIZED HORIZON, THE ORE IS SO IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED THAT ITS EXTRACTION WOULD REQUIRE THE HANDLING OF MUCH BARREN ROCK. ORE GRADE BECOMES LEANER WITH DEPTH, GRADING INTO BARREN ROCK. SMALL MASSES OF GALENA INCLUDED IN THE SPHALERITE AT THE LARGER CUT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1973 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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