Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Upper Part Of Knox Dolomite, Gray, Finely Crystalline, Cherty Dolomite
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belts
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916 - 1917
First production1914
Identification
Deposit ID10025742
MRDS IDK001677
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.77427, -84.36463
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 COMPILE SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. HEOL., BULL.1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV.SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.