| Location: | Knox County, Tennessee, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.06703, -83.70156 |
| dep_id: | 10025335 |
| mrds_id: | K001175 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Trace mineral: | Lead, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Calcite, Dolomite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Chalcopyrite, Chert, Jasper, Pyrite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR: TABULAR |
| model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| alteration: | Dolomitization: Silicification |
| ore_ctrl: | Fracturing: Bedding |
| Reporter: | Fagan, James M., Sutphin, David M. |
| hrock_unit: | Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone |
| hrock_type: | Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Limestone |
| Structure: | Lperm Faulting, Collapse - Breccia Structures |
| tectonic: | Platform Carbonates |
| Year first produced: | 1968 |
| prod_yrs: | 1968 - 1972 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: WEDOW, HELMUTH AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580
- Deposit:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1969, PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, 90 P.
- Deposit:: BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1956, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 277, 76 P.
- Deposit:: 1924 RECON SECRIST, REPORT
- Deposit:: 1950 OTHER ODER AND HOOKS, REPORT
- Deposit:: 1950 RECON BROKAW, A., REPORT
- Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT
- Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP BRIDGE, J., REPORT
- Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT
- Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORY
- Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY
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