Mine detail: O.B. Jones Prospect

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Location: Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.40203, -83.62322
dep_id: 10025704
mrds_id: K001632
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Wallen Valley Fault (Maher)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Maynardsville Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline On The Northwest
disc_yr: 1916
discr: J.B. Irwin
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
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