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W.H. Green Prospect

Occurrence in Hancock county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091865
MRDS ID K001625
Record type Site
Current site name W.H. Green Prospect
Related records 10299037

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -83.22524, 36.52195 (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)

Hancock(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sneedville(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

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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

Centroid (1) -83.22524, 36.52195
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH OF CUT AT FACE IS 5 FEET.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINELY DISSEMINATED SPHALERITE OCCURS IN TIGHT, UNBRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK. MINERALIZED ZONE IS PARALLEL TO BEDDING AND RANGES FROM 1 TO 3 FEET IN THICKNESS. TWO PROMINENT SETS OF JOINTS STRIKE N 45 DEG W AND N 60 DEG W, BUT ARE APPARENTLY UNRELATED TO MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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