New Prospect

Past Producer in Union county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184465
MRDS ID K001272
MAS/MILS ID 0471730020
Record type Site
Current site name New Prospect
Related records 10025409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.8396, 36.39839 (WGS84)
Elevation 326

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ausmus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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)

Federal lands

Other Federal Agencies(Department)

Department UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.8396, 36.39839

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Powell River

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DI

  • Deposit

    LOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    A. & BEHRE, JR., CHARLES H., USGS BULL 1222-C, 1966, PP. C36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.