Tennessee · Claiborne County
Occurrence

William Jennings Prospect

Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States
Zinc
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Description

J.B. Irwin

Commodities
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlWallen Valley Fault (Maher)
Materials
Ore mineralsSmithsonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Maynardville Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production years1916
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10025703
MRDS IDK001630
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.4262, -83.59489
References
SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORTSECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31