Mine detail: Unnamed Limonite Occurrences

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Location: Greene County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.2237, -82.93515
dep_id: 10026539
mrds_id: K005936
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
alteration: Dolomitization
Reporter: Geraci, Philip J.
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Mosheim Anticline, Near Vertical Tear Faults, Striking Nw To Nnw, Right Lateral Displacements Up To 1000 Ft
tectonic: Platform Carbonates
References:
  • Deposit:: BROKAW, A. L., DUNLAP, J. C., AND RODGERS, J., 1966 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MOSHEIM AND JOHNSON ANTICLINES, GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-A, 21 P
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP DUNLAP AND RODGERS, BULL. 1222-A
  • Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE BROKAW, BULL. 1222-A
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