Mine detail: Nuns Cove Barite-Zinc Prospect

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Location: Sevier County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.87538, -83.40099
dep_id: 10025766
mrds_id: K001706
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Weathering, Residual Accumulation
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Upper Part Of Knox Group;Residuum; Recent
hrock_type: Dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 28, 40 P
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPOR
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