Mine detail: Thorn Hill Prospect

Location:	Grainger County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.36203, -83.4296
dep_id:	10025712
mrds_id:	K001640
Commodity type:	metallic
Trace mineral:	Iron, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Chert
ore_ctrl:	Breccia Zone
Reporter:	Hale, Robin C., Tennessee Division Of Geology
hrock_unit:	Mascot Dolomite
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Northeast Trending Strike Belts
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:: RODGERS, J., 1943, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COPPER RIDGE DISTRICT, HAWKINS, HANCOCK, AND GRAINGER COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, MAP, SCALE 1:31,250. Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT Production:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.