Wagner Zinc Prospect

Occurrence in Johnson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Mercury
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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025749
MRDS ID K001684
Record type Site
Current site name Wagner Zinc Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -81.84947, 36.45163 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Johnson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result KING, ET AL (1944) NOTE THAT MATERIAL ON DUMP MAY CARRY AS MUCH AS 7% ZINC (SIC), BUT LESS IS EXPOSED IN THE WALL OF THE SHAFT. TVA ANALYSIS SHOWS 58 PPM HG IN SPHALERITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Bluish-Gray, Medium-Grained Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Bluish-Gray, Medium-Grained Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -81.84947, 36.45163

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALIZED BED IS 30 FEET THICK. MINERALIZED ZONE WITHIN BED AVERAGES 5 FEET IN WIDTH. SEVERAL OPENINGS HAVE BEEN MADE ALONG THE BELT, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS AN 8-FOOT DEEP SHAFT. MANY OF THE PITS ARE BARREN.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SPHALERITE-BEARING MATERIAL APPEARS TO BE OF LIMITED EXTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., AND RODGERS, J., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275 P.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136 P.

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE KING, P.B., ET AL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOLMAP KING & FERGUSON, PROF. PAPER 311

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES OF BROWN, OLIVE-BROWN, RED, AND GREEN SPHALERITE OCCUR IN A 5-FOOT WIDE BELT NEAR THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF MEDIUM-BEDDED DOLOMITE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF GALENA ARE ALSO PRESENT, BUT PYRITE APPEARS TO BE ABSENT. MORE THAN ONE COLOR OF SPHALERITE MAY OCCUR IN THE SAME HAND SPECIMEN, BUT THE RED VARIETY IS MOST ABUNDANT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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