Mine detail: Watauga Point Zinc Prospect

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.33565, -82.26791
dep_id: 10025100
mrds_id: K000050
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Part Of Conasauga Group, Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 31, 165 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W.,1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 25
  • Deposit:: 1924 RECON TENN DIV GEOL
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE TENN DIV GEOL
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