Tennessee · Union County
Occurrence

Beeler Prospect

Union County, Tennessee, United States
Zinc
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Commodities
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsSmithsonite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Copper Ridge Dolomite
StructureNortheast-Trending, Powell River Anticline
AlterationSmithsonite After Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10025403
MRDS IDK001266
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.38231, -83.8449
References
BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, ET AL., REPORBROKAW, A. L., 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C.