 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Related SedimentaryFeatures at the Flat Gap Mine, Treadway,Tennessee W. T. HILL, R. G. MORRIS,AND C. G...G. HAGEGEORGE Abstract The Flat Gap ore body is a strata-bound,low-grade sphalerite deposit in Lower...Mascot and Kingsport Formations when the beds were flat lying. Uplift of the sediments at the end of Early...sediments. The Flat Gap ore bodyhas two distincttypesof ore; one is older and contains galena-bearing, dark...dark reddish-brown sphalerite, the other is galena-free and contains yellowsphalerite.The dark ore is |  | | 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...sediments and rare igneous rocks of the Valley and Ridge, which change crossing the Great Smoky Thrust Fault...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geologistsworking in the Southern Appalachian Valley and Ridge mineral districts now believe the depositsformed...obscured. Regionally there are ore depositsof barite, copper, fluorite, iron, lead, manganese, and zinc in rocks...summarize:Depositsof barite, iron sulfides, iron oxides,galena,andsphalerite are foundin rocks of diverselithologiesin...in the Appalachian parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia (U.S. Geological Survey, 18831927;...small. phicvariationis suppliedby the commercial copper deposits;suchdeposits are restrictedto metasedimentsand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Virginia; Mascot-JeffersonCity district, Tennessee;and Copper Ridge district, Tennessee. Representativesof depositsof...t, low-iron sphalerite, minor to insignificant galena and pyrite, pervasive dolomitization,sulfide depositionat...discoveredzinc depositsin the Lower Ordovician of Middle Tennessee are similar in all essentialr.espectsto the Tennesseesub-type...Ordoviciancarbonatesedimentsas modified by the paleoaquiferin the mining districtsof East Tennesseeappear to be analogousto...Middle Tennessee are in their earliest 1935; Currier, 1935; Callahan, 1964; Brown and stagesof mine development |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ORDOVICIAN EAST D. HOAGLAND, ROBERT ZINC DEPOSITS TENNESSEE WILLIAM T. HILL, AND E. FULWEILER ABSTRACT...occur mainly in the Mascot-JeffersonCity and the Copper Ridge districts, in the Lower Ordovician Kingsport...CambrianMaynardville and Copper Ridge formationsin the Powell River district, and, finally, to the very... JeffersonCity districtand in the CopperRidge district (Fig. 1). There is no knownsignificantzinc or...Paleozoic carbonate sediments of the Valley and Ridge province. 693 694 HOAGLAND,HILL, AND FULWEILER |  | | Report (issue) | | Maryland Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin 18 20...east of the Mississippi River and west of the Blue Ridge Province, other igneous-metamorphic terranes and...occurrences, but as absence of information. Major mining districts and areas of numerous prospects, occurrences...outlined and a single symbol used to represent the district or area. Many of the barite deposits shown on...disconformities. Simple mineralogy (predominantly sphalerite, galena, barite, fluorite, calcite, dolomite, and cryptocrystalline |  | | Report (volume) | | Sphalerite and Wallrocks From Central Kentucky, Tennessee And Appalachian Zinc Districts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Sphalerite and Wallrocks From Central Kentucky, Tennessee And Appalachian Zinc Districts By JANICE L. JOLLY...central Kentucky mineral district ____________ _ 3. Sketch of Faircloth mine adit showing location of...sphalerites from the central Kentucky, central Tennessee, and other mineral districts _____ . 3. Average...sphalerites from the central Kentucky mineral district showing distribution by zone and stage of mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PARAGENESISAND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE IDOL MINE ZINC DEPOSIT, TENNESSEE JUNLU, JAMESR. CRAIG,ANDJ. DONALDRIMSTIDT... Characteristicsof Ore-HostingBreccias The Idol mine, a Mississippi Valley-type,carbonate- Two types...1--with bleachedrims (Fig. 2) and type 2-Copper Ridge district near the town of Thornhill in without bleachedrims...bleachedrims. Typical type 1 brecciacontains Grainger County, Tennessee.Production was carried out dolostonefragments...possessa dark core, surfrom 1977 until 1981, when the mine was allowed to roundedby concentricbandswhich are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EAST COMMUNICATIONS TEMPERATURE TENNESSEE MEASUREMENTS ZINC DISTRICT IN THE duringformaRecent fluid...theseminerals,the temperatureof formation Tennessee Zinc ores. The East Tennessee Zinc Disof the fluoriteputs a lower...significantamounts. district: the New Market Mine and the Young Mine, Pyrite occurs in small amounts, but galena and...Tennesseeand the Flat Gap Mine, fluoriteare presentonly as traces. Dolomiteis the near Treadway, Tennessee. Temperaturedata...'•- NEW MA KET 0 250 3 o 250 3[0 2:5 FLAT GAP Temperature 200 (degrees Celsius) FiG. 1. |  | Heyl, A. V., Delevaux, M. H., Zartman, R. E., Brock, M. R. (1966) Isotopic study of galenas from the upper Mississippi Valley, the Illinois-Kentucky, and some Appalachian Valley mineral districts. Economic Geology, 61 (5) 933-961 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.61.5.933 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Valley zinc-lead district ........................... Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district ........................ ABSTRACT Analyses of lead isotopesin galena in carbonaterock ore deposits collected from several...adjacentore leads,but genetic implicationsare ambiguous. Galena occurring in shalesin the MississippiValley region...theMississippi Valleyand AppalachianValley and Ridge physiographic provinces. It has long been knownthat...Houtermans(30) for galenasfrom the Joplin, or Tri-State, district of Missouri,Oklahoma,and Kansas. Very few analysesexist |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PLAIN APPALACHIAN PLATEAU VALLEY AND RIDGE PIEDMONT BLUE RIDGE probably proceeds tooslowly to account...ontheirrelativeimportance in basinevolution, FALL BRANCH -• -N COPPER RIDGE ,t andespecially in Mississippi Valley-type...theupperKnoxGroupbecamean aquiferwhen site,important amounts of galena,andalmostno bariteor it underwent karsting duringMiddleOrdovician...Cove) in North Carolina.The Cartersvillebarite district in fluorite-barite rich.Zinc-richdeposits are...Felknorprospect, all in easternTennesseewith veryminorpyrite,galena,sphalerite, andenargitein (Fig.1).Thesedeposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alteration, and Mineralizationin the Central Tennessee Zinc District j. RICHARDKYLE Abstract Major zinc depositshave...Tennesseeare reddish brown sphalerite, barite, fluorite, galena,and calcite. In East Tennesseepale yellow sphaleriteand...breccias. Sulfidemineral depositionin Central Tennessee wassignificantlylater thanbrecciaformationandmay...depositnear Elmwood, the Cincinnati Arch in Central Tennessee and cenTennessee, in early 1969 rewardedfive yearsof........ 36* ..e Tennessee(•,•/' the known occurrences of zinc in the East Tennessee I o[ • • • |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mixedin mostareasexceptthe Mascot-JeffersonCity district,where zinc mineralizationis strongest.Althoughthe...chianMississippi Valley-typemineralization andoro- in the Tennessee embayment, whichliessouthof the genic events (Hearn...fluorite.Thelargestof theseisthe Cartersville district,whichhasbeena majorbariteproducer(Kesler, 1950)...rock units, Lower Cambrianand Lower Ordovician. Tennessee orefield,istheleadingproducerof zincin the United...ausethey have sucha high ratio of sphaleriteto galena(Sangster, 1983). Ore in bothdistrictsconsists of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sphaleritefrom the Central Kentucky, Central Tennessee,and Sweetwater barite districts, ranged from 72ø132ø...SouthernAppalachianValley constitutea rather large mineral district, spreadover a considerablegeographicarea. Despite...overgrowth, color zoning,etc. As indicated East Tennessee, but a largenumberof apparently later,no significant...compatiblewith the data on the Sweetwater barite district thus had to history of the sample as recorded...methane. Coy mine, had three large primary inclusionsin it. Fro. 3. Fluorite, Coy Mine, Mascot-JeffersonCity |  | | Report (issue) | | Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck..._____________ _ Blue Ridge ________________________________ _ Valley and Ridge ___________________________..._________________________________ _ 27 28 30 30 Valley and Ridge province,.-_-----------Appalachian Plateaus provin...tensely disturbed local areas ___ --- - -- -- Blue Ridge and Piedmont provinces ____ --- 12 13 13 13 13 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paleozoic limestones and dolostones in the Valley and Ridge province of the central contain 10 to 25 weight...rocks from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee yield Late CarboniferousEarly Permian ages (278-322...several mines of the Mascot-Jefferson City District. E. Tennessee. Regional potassic alteration in unmineralized...K-feldspar in Cambrian rocks of the Valley and Ridge Province of the central and southern Appalachians...sedimentary struttures. Characteristic features include flat and wavy lamination. thin bedding. mudcracks. evaporite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 69. 1974, pp. 26-•2 A Comparison ofSphalerite-Galena SulfurIsotope Temperatureswith FillingTemperatures...determinetemperaturesof deposition of sulfideores. A sphalerite-galena fractionation of 2.00 permil, for example,corresponds...sulfurisotope fractionationsfor natural sphalerite-galena pairs are plotted againstfilling temperaturesof...Peru; Creede, Colorado; Flat Gap, Tennessee;Aachen, West Germany;andthe Hill mine,southernIllinois. Fillinff-temperature...mostappli- of 370ø to 200'C. The sphalerite-galena Creede,Flat Gap,and Hill ore decableto ore depositsshouldgive |  | Kesler, Stephen E., Martini, Anna M., Appold, Martin S., Walter, Lynn M., huston, Ted J., furman, Francis C. (1996) Na-Cl-Br systematics of fluid inclusions from Mississippi Valley-type deposits, Appalachian Basin: Constraints on solute origin and migration paths. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60 (2) 225-233 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(95)00390-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Prkd Pergamon 0 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd in the USA. All rights reserved 0016.7037/96 $15.00 + .IXI...48109, USA ‘Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Missouri at Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401, USA (Received...extent of the Appalachians from Newfoundland to Tennessee (Fig. 1) and are most abundant in four major embayments...leachates from sphalerite and fluorite in the East Tennessee ore field differed significantly from those for...Occurrences Marion/Russell-Tazewell 3. Na-Cl-Br ast Tennessee Ore Field SYSTEMATICS OF BASINAL AND FLUID INCLUSION-HOSTED |  | Robinson, Gilpin R., Lesure, Frank G., Marlowe, J. I., Foley, Nora K., Clark, S.H. (2004) Bedrock geology and mineral resources of the Knoxville 1° x 2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Open-File Report 2004-1075. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20041075 | Report (issue) | | Resources of the Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON...mineral resources of the Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R.... Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3:1979 1. Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina...Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee. 5. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6...Piedmont Lithotectonic Belt 10 Blue Ridge 13 East Flank Blue Ridge Lithotectonic Belt 14 Helen Thrust |  | | Report (volume) | | Resources of the Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Resources of the Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON...mineral resources of the Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R....references. Supt. of Docs. no.: 119.3:1979 1. Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina...Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources- Tennessee. 5. Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6 |  | | Book | | 'LJAJ.. The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Location No. t 3.- l "I - 34- MINERALOGY-APPLICATIONS...Sciences University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Published by the Society of Mining Engineers of the...the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. New York, New York• 1985... Copyright © 1985 by the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical , and Petroleum Engineers, Inc ...Newmont Exploration Limited and the University of Tennessee Department of Geological Sciences gave full support |  | | Report (volume) | | Canada and for carbonate-hosted zinc in east Tennessee. As the older ideas have been replaced, additional...by Dan L. Mosier 249 Descriptive model of gold on flat faults, by Bruce A. Bouley 251 248 Deposits related...grades of synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu deposits 30 Copper grades of synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu deposits...deposits 79 Tonnages of porphyry Cu deposits 80 Copper grades of porphyry Cu deposits 80 By-product grades...Tonnages of porphyry Cu-skarn-related deposits 84 Copper grades of porphyry Cu-skarn-related deposits 84 |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineral Deposits in the Western Hemisphere JOHN D. RIDGE The Pennsylvania State University College of Earth...Superior Mines ..... ee eres eeseesecece 269 FOOthiLE (Copper Belt is.00.0.600. eeeecece 271 oe eeee MO EDS TA...no OIL ORO OIG ZoZ 292 Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296...323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO)...324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona |  | | Report (issue) | | carbonatada, ubicados en la parte oriental de Tennessee (EUA), basados en los controles estructurales...William X. Chavez de la New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, EUA y Jose Manrique Z. de la 3...("commodity") se presentan con la misma escala; se usa una escala logarftmica para los tonelajes y la mayorfa...FNLD CNQU CNMN ZIMB FMLD SMON CNON AUWA Punter Bay Gap Giant Mascot Ho sanger Phoenix Pikwe Renzy Rlaliden...conocida. EJEMPLOS High Plateau, Del Norte County, USCA Goto Mine, Luzon, PLPN (Wells y otroa, 1946) (LeBlano |  | | Report (volume) | | Geologists: Bulletin, vol. 2. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 133-144; Transactions...nos. i-7. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 76-78, 82, S3; Preliminary...Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 69-80. Ottawa, Out. Canadian Mining Journal, vol...34, nos. 1-3. Chapel Hill, N. Cl Engineering and Mining Journal, vols.. 105, 106. New York. Engineers'...Institution of: Mining and Metallurgy.:. Bulletin;, nos. 1(30-171. London.. Institution of Mining Engineers: |
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