Mine detail: Brown Prospect

Previously called 'Eb Foshie Property'

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Location: Greene County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.22842, -82.9457
dep_id: 10095002
mrds_id: K005940
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
work_type: Surface
alteration: Dolomitization
ore_ctrl: Breccias
Reporter: Geraci, Philip J.
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Mosheim Anticline, Near Vertical Tear Faults, Striking Nw To Nnw, Right Lateral Displacements Up To 1000 Feet
tectonic: Platform Carbonates
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • 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
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