Puncheon Camp Zinc Occurrence

Occurrence in Grainger county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10091870
MRDS ID	K001710
Record type	Deposit
Current site name	Puncheon Camp Zinc Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-83.50795, 36.3412 (WGS84)
Elevation	357
Relative position	1 MILE SE OF BRIDGEPORT SCHOOL, ABOVE ROAD ALONG WEST SIDE OF PUNCHEON CAMP CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grainger(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(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	Grainger

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

Chepultepec Dolomite

Rock description

Chepultepec Dolomite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-83.50795, 36.3412	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Copper Ridge zinc district
District name	East Tennessee zinc district
District name	Mascot-Jefferson City zinc district

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	K001710
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0470570010	MRDS dep_id 10251288 merged into 10091870

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-DEC-73	Hale, Robin C.	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	15-NOV-83	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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