Mine detail: Trotter Zinc Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.95676, -83.53683

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Zinc, Iron
Ore: Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1890

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Mascot Dolomite, Dark-Gray, Finely Crystalline Dol
Host type:Dolomite
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSK001681
DEP10025746
Reference{Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1964, IRON, ZINC, AND BARITE DEPOSITS BETWEEN MORRISTOWN AND ETOWAH, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 39, NO. 3, P. 103-106; REPRINTED AS TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 12.}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, R.H., FAGAN, J.M., AND WEDOW, HELMUTH, 1971, EVIDENCE ON THE AGE OF BARITE, ZINC, AND IRON MINERALIZATION IN THE LOWER PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF EAST TENNESSEE: ECON. GEOL., V. 66, NO. 5, P. 792-798.}{Deposit:: MARIE, J.R., 1963, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MILLICAN CREEK AREA, SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: KNOXVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, MS THESIS, 37 P.}{Deposit:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1942, INFORMAL FIELD REPORTS DATED JANUARY 28, 1942: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1962, INFORMAL FIELD REPORTS, MARCH 14, 1962.}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT}{Deposit:: 1971 RECON CARPENTER, FAGAN, & WEDOW; TVA & USGS, REPORT.}
ReporterHale, Robin C.