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Occurrence

Beech Grove Zinc Occurrence

Grainger County, Tennessee, United States
Zinc
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Commodities
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typefracture filling; gash vein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Maryville Limestone (Conasauga Group)
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10025767
MRDS IDK001709
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates36.36609, -83.47089
References
MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W.; TENN. DIV. GEOL.; UNPUBLISHED REPORT