| Deposit ID | 10025765 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001705 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Mountain Barite-Zinc Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Fairgarden Prospect |
| Related records | 10226943 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.40016, 35.88093 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.65 MILE SE OF CREST OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sevier(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Shady Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower French Broad(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Sevier |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE FROM EASTERN PROSPECT: 8.22% ZINC, BARIUM NOT DETERMINED BY STATE ANALYST, D.F. FARRAR |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Upper Part Of Knox Group, Fine-Grained, Black Dol | ||||
| Rock description | Upper Part Of Knox Group, Fine-Grained, Black Dol | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Cochran Conglomerate |
|---|
| Strike | N 57 DEG E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 27 DEG S |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1922 |
| Discoverer | W.E. Spence |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 12.8M |
| Overall width | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001705 |
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.
1924 GEOLMAP 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 | Discovery Year: 1922 (SPHALERITE) |
| Deposit | ORE IS LIMITED TO THE BRECCIATED HOST ROCK, AND CONSISTS OF ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF DOLOMITE CEMENTED IN A MATRIX OF SPHALERITE AND DOLOMITE. SPHALERITE ALSO OCCURS AS SMALL FLAKES AND MASSES UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE MATRIX. REPLACEMENT FEATURES SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING PARAGENETIC SEQUENCE: COUNTRY ROCK, DOLOMITE, CHERT, SPHALERITE, PYRITE, DOLOMITE (SECRIST, 1924). ; 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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