Mine detail: Shiloh Prospect

Previously called 'Ledford Prospect'

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Location: Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.4873, -83.09931
dep_id: 10025699
mrds_id: K001623
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Chert
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Breccia Zone
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type: Dolomite
disc_yr: 1920
discr: Green, Gonce, And Mathis
References:
  • Deposit:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: KENT, D.F., MAPS OF THE SHILOH, JOHNS, AND IDOL ZINC PROSPECTS, HAWKINS, HANCOCK, AND GRAINGER COUNTIES, EAST TENNESSEE: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS, PRELIMINARY MAPS.
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