Mine detail: Burkesville

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Location

Lat / long: 36.77508, -85.33494

Resource(B)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Cadmium, Germanium
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite, Chert

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Mascot Dolomite, Kingsport Formation
Host type:Carbonate
Structure:Nashville Dome
Tectonic:Alleghanian Orogenic Belt Foreland
Alteration processes:Dolomitization, Silicification

References

DEP10307222
ReferenceBriskey, J.A., Dingess, P. R., Smith, F., Gilbert, R.C., Armstrong, A.K., and Cole, G.P., 1986, Localization and source of Mississippi Valley-tu[e zinc deposits in Tennessee, USA, and comparisons with Lower Carboniferous rocks of Ireland: in Geology and genesis of mineral deposits in Ireland; Andrew, C.J., Crowe, R.W.A.. Finley, S., Pennell, W.M., and Pyne, J.F., (eds). Dublin, Irish Association for Economic Geology, 635-662.
ReporterWoodruff, Laurel G.