Mine detail: Mascot - Jefferson City District

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Location

Lat / long:

36.08203, -83.56489

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite, Pyrite, Marcasite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Other material:	Quartz, Galena, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Calcite, Anhydrite, Gypsum

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Kingsport Formation, Mascot Formation
Host type:	Carbonate
Structure:	Brecciation
Tectonic:	Valley And Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	W101058
DEP	10084093
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G.