	Recorded age	Geologic Time	Sample	Dating method
1	347 Ma	Mississippian	-	Rb-Sr
2	318 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	Rb-Sr
3	349 Ma	Mississippian	-	Rb-Sr
4	357 Ma	Mississippian	-	Rb-Sr
5	288 Ma	Cisuralian	-	Rb-Sr
6	298 Ma	Cisuralian	-	Rb-Sr
7	309 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	Rb-Sr
8	329 Ma	Mississippian	-	Rb-Sr
9	338 Ma	Mississippian	-	Rb-Sr
10	385 Ma	Middle Devonian	-	Rb-Sr

Sample references:

1	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
2	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
3	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
4	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
5	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
6	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
7	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
8	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
9	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.
10	-	Nakai, S. I., Halliday, A. N., Kesler, S. E., Jones, H. D., Kyle, J. R., & Lane, T. E. (1993) Rb-Sr dating of sphalerites from Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) ore deposits.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Immel Zinc Mine, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Knox County, Tennessee, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

419097

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:419097:4

GUID (UUID V4):

eb5151e6-0ac9-459f-98e1-d44f3341c2e8

Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite

8.1km (5.0 miles)

ⓘ Young Mine, New Market, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

8.1km (5.0 miles)

ⓘ Beaver Creek Mine, New Market, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

8.9km (5.5 miles)

ⓘ McMillan East Prospect, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Knox County, Tennessee, USA

9.7km (6.0 miles)

ⓘ McMillan West Prospect, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Knox County, Tennessee, USA

14.1km (8.8 miles)

ⓘ New Market Mine (Asarco New Market Mine), New Market, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

15.1km (9.4 miles)

ⓘ Grasselli Mine, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

15.2km (9.4 miles)

ⓘ Loves Creek Prospect, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Knox County, Tennessee, USA

15.7km (9.8 miles)

ⓘ Treece Prospect, Powell River Mining District, Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA

17.3km (10.7 miles)

ⓘ C. T. Caldwell Prospect, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

17.8km (11.1 miles)

ⓘ Lost Creek Zinc Mine, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

References

Econ Geol (1996) 91:355-367

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Paris, Travis A. (2011) Tennessee Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (4) 300-329 doi:10.1080/00357529.2010.517132*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith...Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood...Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 3 (left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm

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Sphalerite from Immel Zinc Mine, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Knox County, Tennessee, USA

Sphalerite from
Immel Zinc Mine, Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc Mining District, Knox County, Tennessee, USA