Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryStone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR TABULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Dolomite And Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsDolomite, Galena, Sphalerite
Geology
StructureCollapse - Breccia Structures
Tectonic settingPlatform Carbonates
AlterationDolomitization, Silicification, Bleaching.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1956-1972
First production1956
Identification
Deposit ID10025338
MRDS IDK001179
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.10009, -83.47878
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., REPORT1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORYMINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPTTENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY