Mine detail: Friendsville Prospect

Previously called 'Griffitts Prospect'

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Location: Blount County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.78649, -84.12713
dep_id: 10025744
mrds_id: K001679
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite
ore_ctrl: Solution-Collapse Breccia Zone
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Mascot Dolomite, Dark Gray, Fine-Grained, Thick Bed
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belt
tectonic: Geosyncline
disc_yr: 1905
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:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 28, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: DUNLAP, J.C., 1945, BARITE PROSPECTS IN THE VICINITY OF FRIENDSVILLE, BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATETIC MINERALS INVENTORY PRELIMINARY MAP 3-191, OPEN-FILE REPORT.
  • Deposit:: 1924 COMPILE SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
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