Mine detail: Naff Prospect

Previously called 'Rader ProspectR.N. Hartman Mine'

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Location: Greene County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.14037, -82.96376
dep_id: 10098190
mrds_id: K001707
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Zinc, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Bedding
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
tectonic: Geosyncline
Year first produced: 1870
disc_yr: 1870
prod_yrs: ABOUT 1870
References:
  • Deposit:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Production:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.
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