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Lane Prospect

Occurrence in Scott county in Virginia, 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094990
MRDS ID K001599
Record type Site
Current site name Lane Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.69264, 36.66202 (WGS84)
Elevation 408
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF BELLAMY; 3 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CLINCHPORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinchport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(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 Virginia Scott

Comments on the location information

  • 75 M (250 FT) NORTH OF STATE ROAD 627, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 644.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR ORE MINERALS ARE OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE. NO GALENA WAS NOTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Porous, Gossanlike Material Of Limonite And Silicified Dolomite Fills Fractures

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.69264, 36.66202
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W Trend, Clinchport Fault, Copper Creek Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bellamy Fault, Tear Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 DEG.E
    Dip 55 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 91.5M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Upper Dolostone Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • THICKNESS OF MASSIVE GRAY DOLOSTONE MEMBER IS 7.6 M. THIS MEMBER HAS SHALES AND SILTSTONES ABOVE AND BELOW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. S. Brown
    Home office Kingsport, Tn.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Total resources 2297000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THESE FIGURES ARE CONSIDERED TO REPRESENT THE MINIMUM RESERVES.
  • THOUGH ADEQUATE PROSPECTING HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTED, RODGERS AND KENT (1943) DO NOT FEEL THE PROSPECT IS ENCOURAGING.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY BLASTING.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED BY THE U.S.G.S. DURING 1942/43 AS REQUESTED BY THE WAR PRODUCTION BOARD. BROWN PROSPECTED THE DEPOSIT BY BLASTING IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, JOHN, AND KENT, D.F., 1943, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    BEHRE, C.H., JR., AND RODGERS, JOHN, 1943, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    BRENT, W.B., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE CLINCHPORT QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5, 47 P.

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL J.S. BROWN: PROSPECTED PROPERTY.

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP RODGERS AND OTHERS, MAP

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: ISSUED REP. INV. 5.

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE WEDOW, REPORT

  • Reserve-Resource

    BEHRE AND RODGERS (1943), RODGERS AND KENT (1943).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WORLD WAR 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robt. E. (Sweet, P. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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