Allred

Occurrence in Overton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178652
MAS/MILS ID 0471330010
Record type Site
Current site name Allred

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.19994, 36.35009 (WGS84)
Elevation 310
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Overton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crawford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Overton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.19994, 36.35009

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 200HA
    Depth to top 778M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 732
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 830201

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEFORMATION IN THE ORE ZONE IS SOLUTION COLLAPSE BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Tennessee District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dresser Minerals Division Dresser Industries Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Texas
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Toho - Nichimen
    Interest 50
    Home office Japan
    Year 1980

Comments on the ownership information

  • TOHO-NICHIMEN IS A COOPERATIVE VENTURE BETWEEN THE TOHO ZINC CO. LTD. AND NICHIMEN TRADING, BOTH OF JAPAN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE; MIDDLE TENNESSEE ZINC; E&MJ, V. 180, NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, K.R. AND HILL, W.T.; THE ELMWOOD PROJECT;

  • Deposit

    MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 59, NO. 3, MARCH, 1973.

  • Deposit

    CALLAHAN, WILLIAM; THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZINC

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT AT ELMWOOD, TENNESSEE, CONCEPT AND CONSEQUENCE;

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 7, NOVEMBER, 1977.

  • Deposit

    KYLE, J. RICHARD; BRECCIATION, ALTERATION, AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT;

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 5, AUGUST, 1976.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, R.C. AND HOAGLAND, A.D.; PALEOKARST PHENOMENA AND

  • Deposit

    THE POST-KNOX UNCONFORMITY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE;

  • Deposit

    G.S.A. ABSTRACTS, ANNUAL MEETING, CIRCULAR 2, 1970.

  • Deposit

    STAGG, A.K. AND FISCHER, F.T.; UPPER KNOX STRATIGRAPHY OF

  • Deposit

    MIDDLE TENNESSEE; G.S.A. ABSTRACTS, ANNUAL MEETING,

  • Deposit

    CIRCULAR 2, 1970.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, F.T. AND HOAGLAND, A.D.; HYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    OF THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT; A.I.M.E. WORLD

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC SYMPOSIUM, OCTTOBER 1970, V. 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BORAX, LOCAL NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT, JULY 1, 1975.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BORAX, NEWS RELEASE, JULY 26, 1978.

  • Deposit

    ZIMMERMAN, R.; 1980; FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF MISSISSIPPI

  • Deposit

    VALLEY-TYPE MINERALIZATION FROM THE SWEETWATER

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: AN EXAMPLE OF FLUID MIXING;

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, J.R., AND SCHARON, L.; SUCCESSFUL USE OF LANDSAT

  • Deposit

    IMAGERY FOR LEAD-ZINC EXPLORATION IN TENNESSEE AND

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY; COPY OF G.S.A. POSTER SESSION PAPER,

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL MEETING, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1978.

  • Deposit

    NEESHAM, R.; EXXON EMERGING AS A MAJOR MINING FIRM; E&MJ,

  • Deposit

    V. 179, NO. 7, JULY, 1978.

  • Deposit

    --FIRST ZINC INGOTS POURED AT NJZ'S NEW CLARKSVILLE

  • Deposit

    REFINERY; E&MJ, V. 180, NO. 1, JANUARY, 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 University Of Missouri U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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