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Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence

Occurrence in Rutherford 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091872
MRDS ID K001737
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Alsup No. 1, Franklin Fuels
Related records 10251048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.38748, 35.8651 (WGS84)
Elevation 181

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Rutherford

Comments on the location information

  • SURFACE ELEVATION 602 FEET; TOP OF KNOX AT 330 FEET; TOTAL DEPTH 2290 FEET

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SPHALERITE MINERALIZATION IDENTIFIED BY MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF WELL CUTTINGS. MINERALIZED ZONE IS BETWEEN 750-755 FEET. THE ZONE IS 420 FEET BELOW THE TOP OF THE KNOX AND 1025 FEET BELOW THE "PENCIL CAVE" (T-3 BENTONITE). SAMPLE SET NUMBER 4. TOP OF KNOX REPORTED AT 285 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1969, SPHALERITE OF THE MNSCOT TYPE IN DEEP WELLS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 4 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES ARE ON FILE AT THE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, NASHVILLE, TENN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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