Mine detail: Lost Creek Zinc Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.07842, -83.5035

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mascot Dolomite;Kingsport Formation;Chepultepec Dolomite;Copper Ridge Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite

References

MRDS	K005054
DEP	10026432
Reference	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
Reporter	Fagan, James M.