Commodities
PrimaryZinc
TertiaryLead, Iron, Cadmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlNorthwest-Trending Fractures And Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsCalamine, Cerussite, Galena, Greenockite, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Copper Ridge Dolomite, Dark-Gray Crystalline Dolomite
StructureNortheast-Trending Powell River Anticline, Fracture Surfaces And Fault Zone Trending N 82-85 Deg W.
AlterationSmithsonite, Cerrusite, Calamine After Sulfides
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10025415
MRDS IDK001278
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.3887, -83.84518
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 P.SECRIST, M. H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 31, 165 P.1924 COMPILE SECRIST, M. H., TENN. DIV. GEOL.; REPORT1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A. L., ET AL; REPORTBROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C, SECRIST, M. H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL.