Mine detail: Dalton Prospect

Location:	Grainger County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.3862, -83.37821
dep_id:	10025713
mrds_id:	K001641
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Trace mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	breccia filling
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
ore:	Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Chert
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl:	Breccia Zone
Reporter:	Tennessee Division Of Geology, Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit:	Kingsport Formation
hrock_type:	Dolomite
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:: SAYRES, R.L., AND CLAYTON, A.B., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF IDOL AND DALTON ZINC DEPOSITS, GRAINGER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S.B.M. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4497, 7 P. Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL SAYRS AND CLAYTON, USBM R.I. 4497 Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. Production:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.