Mine detail: Dougherty Zinc Prospect

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Location: Johnson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.32703, -81.93678
dep_id: 10025750
mrds_id: K001685
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Bedding
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite, Bluish-Gray, Medium-Grained Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., AND RODGERS, J., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136 P.
  • Deposit:: 1944 COMPILE KING, P.B., ET AL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52
  • Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP KING & FERGUSON, PROF. PAPER 311
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV.
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