Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryStone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Dolomite And Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsDolomite, Sphalerite
GangueChalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockDolomite
StructureCollapse - Breccia Structures
Tectonic settingPlatform Carbonates
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1926 - 1972
First production1926
Identification
Deposit ID10025339
MRDS IDK001180
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.10926, -83.49545
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, REPORTMINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT1950 RECON BROKAW, A., REPORT1956 GEOLMAP BRIDGE, J., REPORT1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORYTENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY