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J. P. Welch Prospects

Past Producer in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098189
MRDS ID K001450
Record type Site
Current site name J. P. Welch Prospects
Related records 10178413

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.74517, 36.44536 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result TOTAL SULFIDES ESTIMATED LESS THAN 2 PERCENT, AT MIDDLE (RICHEST) PIT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite, Massive, Knotty, Light-Gray Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite, Massive, Knotty, Light-Gray Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.74517, 36.44536
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, According To Brokaw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1923

Mining district

District name Powell River Zinc And Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Welch, Dan C. Swab

Comments on the production information

  • SMITHSONITE REPORTEDLY TAKEN FROM THE PITS, BUT NOT KNOWN IF AMOUNT WAS SIGNIFICANT SO AS TO CONSTITUTE FORMAL PRODUCTION.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION CONSISTED OF THREE PITS; AN ADIT WAS DRIVEN INTO THE HILL AT THE NORTHERNMOST PIT (A 71, A 72) BUT IS NOW INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A. L., ET AL; REPOR

  • Production

    BROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 160 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. SULFIDES REPORTEDLY OCCUR IN SAME BED AT EACH PIT; ROCKS AT BOTTOM OF RAVINE ARE STRONGLY SHEARED, BUT JOINTS ARE LESS CONSPICUOUS AT THE PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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