Mine detail: Mascot - Jefferson City District

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Location: Knox, Jefferson, Grainger County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.08203, -83.56489
dep_id: 10084093
mrds_id: W101058
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Sphalerite, Pyrite, Marcasite
gangue: Dolomite
other_matl: Quartz, Galena, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Calcite, Anhydrite, Gypsum
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration: Dolomitization
Reporter: Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G.
hrock_unit: Kingsport Formation, Mascot Formation
hrock_type: Carbonate
Structure: Brecciation
tectonic: Valley And Ridge Province
References:
  • Commodity:: CRIB, Clark, S.
  • Geology:: Symons, D.T.A. and Stratakos, K.K., 2002, Paleomagnetic dating of Alleghanian orogensis and mineralization in the Mascot - Jefferson City zinc district of East Tennessee, USA: Tectonophysics, v. 348, p. 51-72.
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