Mine detail: Naff Prospect

Previously called 'Rader ProspectR.N. Hartman Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.14037, -82.96376

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Barite, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	ABOUT 1870
First production started:	1870

Geology

Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	K001707
DEP	10098190
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.