Mine detail: Hoover Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.84649, -86.15275

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Barium-Barite, Lead
Ore:	Barite, Calcite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1889

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1940-1945
First production started:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Carters Limestone
Host type:	Limestone

References

MRDS	K001754
DEP	10025801
Reference	{Deposit:: JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P.}{Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE READYVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 319-SW}{Deposit:: 1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPOR}{Production:: JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.