| Deposit ID | 10025744 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001679 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Friendsville Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Griffitts Prospect |
| Related records | 10202053 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.12713, 35.78649 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.85 MILE NNE OF SCHOOL IN FRIENDSVILLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Blount(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Concord(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Other Federal Agencies(Department)
Department UND(Type of land area)
UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Blount |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Mascot Dolomite, Dark Gray, Fine-Grained, Thick Bed | ||||
| Rock description | Mascot Dolomite, Dark Gray, Fine-Grained, Thick Bed | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -84.12713, 35.78649 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Strike Belt |
| Strike | N 14 DEG E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 0 DEG |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Zinc Co. |
| First year | 1918 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001679 |
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.
MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 28, 40 P.
DUNLAP, J.C., 1945, BARITE PROSPECTS IN THE VICINITY OF FRIENDSVILLE, BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATETIC MINERALS INVENTORY PRELIMINARY MAP 3-191, OPEN-FILE REPORT.
1924 COMPILE SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE MINERALIZED HORIZON, BUT GALENA AND SPHALERITE OCCUR ONLY IN DETACHED POCKETS IN THE BRECCIATED ZONE, AS REPLACEMENTS OF BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OR AS SMALL VEINLETS ASSOCIATED WITH GANGUE MINERALS. PYRITE GRAINS OCCUR IN HOST ROCK BUT WAS NOT OBSERVED IN THE GANGUE DOLOMITE. HOWEVER, VEIN PYRITE IS PRESENT WITHIN HOST ROCK AND GANGUE DOLOMITE. FLUORITE ALSO OCCURS IN THE BRECCIA MATRIX. HOST ROCK SHOWS REPLACEMENT BY GANGUE DOLOMITE, AND BY VEIN PYRITE. OXIDIZED ORES OCCUR IN THE CLAY RESIDUUM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1973 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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