Mine detail: Medley and Leach Prospect

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Location: Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.44536, -83.84268
dep_id: 10025585
mrds_id: K001482
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Bedding (Brokaw)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Kingsport Limestone; Light-Gray, Coarsely Crystalline Dolomite
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Northeast-Trending, Powell River Anticline
discr: Levi Ausmus
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:: 1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL; REPOR
  • Production:: BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C
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