Mine detail: Central Tennessee Zinc District

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Location

Lat / long:

36.19709, -85.93396

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Cadmium, Germanium, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Sphalerite, Barite, Fluorspar
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer

Geology

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

References

DEP	10307223
Reference	Briskey, 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.
Reporter	Woodruff, Laurel G.