Mine detail: Bowman Zinc Prospect

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Location: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.58314, -82.50319
dep_id: 10025681
mrds_id: K001601
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite
ore_ctrl: Fractures And Breccia In Country Rock
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Kingsport Formation, Dolomite-Limestone;Mascot Formation, Dolomite-Limestone
hrock_type: Dolomite
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:: 1924 RECON SECRIST, REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT
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