Mine detail: Gap Creek Prospect

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Location: Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.52147, -83.68822
dep_id: 10025607
mrds_id: K001505
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
alteration: Absence Of Sphalerite In Prospects Due To Weathering
ore_ctrl: Tear Fault (According To Brokaw)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Longview Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline, Many Small Unmineralized Faults And Fractures Intersect The Main Fault.
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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