Mine detail: R. P. Johnson Zinc Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.20092, -82.84265

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Zinc, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Thrust Faulted And Overturned Johnson Anticline, The Prospect Is Between A Thrust Fault And A Tear Fault.
Tectonic:	Platform Carbonates
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	K005939
DEP	10026542
Reference	{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, BULL. 1222-A}{Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE BROKAW, BULL. 1222-A}
Reporter	Geraci, Philip J.