Mine detail: Dodson Prospect

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Location: Hancock County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.47758, -83.32182
dep_id: 10025723
mrds_id: K001654
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Iron, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Smithsonite After Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Bedding, Breccia Zone
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Rome Formation, Dolomite And Shale
hrock_type: Dolomite
disc_yr: 1916
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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