Mine detail: Cox Prospects Mine

Location:	Union County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.3887, -83.84518
dep_id:	10025415
mrds_id:	K001278
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Trace mineral:	Lead, Iron, Cadmium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Calamine, Cerussite, Galena, Greenockite, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite
work_type:	Surface
alteration:	Smithsonite, Cerrusite, Calamine After Sulfides
ore_ctrl:	Northwest-Trending Fractures And Fault
Reporter:	Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit:	Copper Ridge Dolomite, Dark-Gray Crystalline Dolomite
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline, Fracture Surfaces And Fault Zone Trending N 82-85 Deg W.
References:	Deposit:: BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P. Deposit:: SECRIST, M. H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 31, 165 P. Deposit:: 1924 COMPILE SECRIST, M. H., TENN. DIV. GEOL.; REPORT Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A. L., ET AL; REPORT Production:: BROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C, SECRIST, M. H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL.