Mine detail: Helenmode Pyrite Mine

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.43064, -82.05623
dep_id: 10025109
mrds_id: K000063
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite
alteration: Silicification & Recrystallization
conc_proc: Breccia Fill & Replacement
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone-Breccia
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation, Sst
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Fault Zone Brecciation
Year first produced: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOL MAP KING AND OTHER
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