Mine detail: Friendsville Prospect

Previously called 'Griffitts Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.78649, -84.12713

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Mascot Dolomite, Dark Gray, Fine-Grained, Thick Bed
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belt
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	K001679
DEP	10025744
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.