Mine detail: Hoover Mine

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Location: Cannon County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.84649, -86.15275
dep_id: 10025801
mrds_id: K001754
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Barium-Barite, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Calcite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone Breccia
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Carters Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1940
disc_yr: 1889
prod_yrs: 1940-1945
discr: Noel Hoover
References:
  • 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
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