Mine detail: Fall Branch Zinc Mine

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Location: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.43925, -82.61403
dep_id: 10025680
mrds_id: K001600
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite
other_matl: Pyrite
ore_ctrl: Veinets Or Irregular Masses Replacing Limestone Breccia Fragments
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Kingsport Formation, Dolomite-Limestone;Mascot Formation, Dolomite-Limestone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1906
disc_yr: 1890
prod_yrs: 1906-1908
References:
  • Deposit:: WEDOW, H. AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 450-466
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INFO. CIRC. 6, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: SECRIST, M.H. 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 31
  • Deposit:: 1924 RECON SECRIST, M.H., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT
  • Production:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31
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