Mine detail: Lost Creek Zinc Mine

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Location: Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.07842, -83.5035
dep_id: 10026432
mrds_id: K005054
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Mascot Dolomite;Kingsport Formation;Chepultepec Dolomite;Copper Ridge Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
References:
  • HARRIS, L. D., 1969, KINGSPORT FORMATION AND MASCOT DOLOMITE (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE, IN PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, P 1 - 39
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