Brown-Tipton

Prospect in Greene 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. 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 10251551
MRDS ID K005941
MAS/MILS ID 0470590030
Record type Site
Current site name Brown-Tipton
Related records 10026543

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.94817, 36.22789 (WGS84)
Elevation 372
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mosheim(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.94817, 36.22789

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greeneville District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.R. BLANTON AND FRED HOLT AS OF SEPTEMBER, 1944.

  • Deposit

    BROKAW AL ET AL 1966 US GEOL SUR BULL 1222A P17.

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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