Mine detail: Brown Prospect

Previously called 'Eb Foshie Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.22842, -82.9457

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Iron
Ore:	Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Mosheim Anticline, Near Vertical Tear Faults, Striking Nw To Nnw, Right Lateral Displacements Up To 1000 Feet
Tectonic:	Platform Carbonates
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	K005940
DEP	10095002
Reference	{Deposit:: WARNER, A. H., 1950 , INVESTIGATION OF THE BROWN-TIPTON ZINC DEPOSIT, GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4645 , 6 P.}{Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., AND FAGAN, J. M., 1970 , TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 16 .}{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:: 1950 DIREXPL WARNER, U.S.B.M. R.I. 4645}{Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE BROKAW, BULL. 1222-A}{Deposit:: 1970 GEOCHEM MAHER AND FAGAN, INF. CIRC. 16}
Reporter	Geraci, Philip J.