Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryStone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR: DOME-LIKE, TABULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Dolomite And Limestone Fracturing
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz
Other materialsDolomite
Geology
Host rockCarbonate · Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
StructureCollapse - Breccia Structures
Tectonic settingPlatform Carbonates
AlterationDolomitization, Silicification, Both Moderate
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1955-1972
First production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10025336
MRDS IDK001176
Alternate namesYoung Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.0762, -83.61267
References
WEDOW, HELMUTH AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1969, PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, 90 P.BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1956, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 277, 76 P.1924 RECON SECRIST, REPORT1950 OTHER ODER AND HOOKS, REPORT1950 RECON BROKAW, A., REPORT1956 GEOLMAP BRIDGE, J., REPORTMINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORYTENN. DIV. GEOL. R.I. 23