Mine detail: Wells Zinc Prospect

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Location: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.45619, -82.59292
dep_id: 10091869
mrds_id: K001708
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper, Zinc, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Breccia Zone
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Mascot Dolomite; Magnesian Limestone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belt, Pulaski Fault On The Southeast
References:
  • Deposit:: PURDUE, A.H., 1912, THE ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 14, 63P.
  • Deposit:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.
  • Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
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