 | | 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...porouslimestonebeds to the extent that interbeddedand overlying dolomite beds collapsedforming long, narrow breccia bodies...depositionof MiddleOrdovicianChickamauga sediments. The Flat Gap ore bodyhas two distincttypesof ore; one is older |  | | 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) | | OrdovicianAge {or CollapseBreccias in the East Tennessee Zinc Districts as Indicated by Compactionand...Introduction STUDYOf compactionfeaturesof the Mascot Dolomite and the Kingsport Formation (both Lower Ordovician)...present physical characteristics of the Mascot Dolomite and the Kingsport Formation are mostly the result...COPPERRIDGE/Thorn DISTRICT • Hill section /' •SCOT-J•FERSON CI• DIST•CT TENNESSEE rocks in the zinc...the G-430/434bed of the Mascot Dolomite,Mascot-Jefferson City district, Tennessee.Stippledpatternis d |  | | 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...occursin low-iron sphaleriteassociated with gangue dolomite in dissolutionbreccias and collapsestructures...dolomitizedlimestoneand interbeddedfine-grained "primary" dolomite. The sphaleritewas depositedprincipallyas filling...CambrianMaynardville and Copper Ridge formationsin the Powell River district, and, finally, to the very |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GangueDolomite, the Mascot-Jefferson City District,Tennessee 5•[ICHAEL L. EBERS AND OTTO C. KoPP Abstract...gangue dolomite associatedwith sphalerite mineralization in the Mascot-JeffersonCity district. A total...lation of the gangue dolomite cathodoluminescent zones throughout the district was observed. A single...developmentof three consecutivezonesthroughoutthe district. Three Qther districts were studied and all exhibited...understood. In manyplacesboththe hostrocks within the district, but crackle brecciaspredominate in the middle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Virginia; Mascot-JeffersonCity district, Tennessee;and Copper Ridge district, Tennessee. Representativesof depositsof...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... In a genetic the Mascot-JeffersonCity district, Copper Ridge as well as geographicsense,the new Middle |  | | 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...residualclays derived from them. Specificallythe Shady Dolomite (Lower Cambrian) and the upper part of the Knox...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) | | 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) | | Bedded-OreStructures,JeffersonCity Mine, JeffersonCity, Tennessee R. E. FULWEILER AND S. E. McDou6AL...structuresof most of the Mascot-JeffersonCity and Copper Ridge zinc districtsof Tennesseeare large brecciamassesthat...are important ore producersat the JeffersonCity mine, but the bulk of productionhas been from much smaller...apparentdisconform{ties betweenlimestoneand overlying primary dolomite;and tight folds in the beddingwith subsequent...uppermost(R bed) part of the limestonesection. As mining progresses in tl•e bedded-typeore zones,two major |  | | 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...sphalerite, galena, barite, fluorite, calcite, dolomite, and cryptocrystalline quartz) has been considered |  | | 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 |  | 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 ................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...the MississippiValley and AppalachianValley and Ridge provinces. Someof theseearly analyses contain large...geologicsimilaritieswith thoseof the AppalachianValley and Ridge provincethat containzinc and lead. Deposits in both |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alteration, and Mineralizationin the Central Tennessee Zinc District j. RICHARDKYLE Abstract Major zinc depositshave...discoveredin strataboundbreccias in the Mascot Dolomite of the upper Knox Group in Central Tennesseeand...Tennesseeand southern Kentucky. The Mascot Dolomite is a Lower Ordovician sequenceof very finely crystalline dolostoneunits...breccias. Sulfidemineral depositionin Central Tennessee wassignificantlylater thanbrecciaformationandmay...depositnear Elmwood, the Cincinnati Arch in Central Tennessee and cenTennessee, in early 1969 rewardedfive yearsof |  | | 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) | | 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... andthe overlyingEarly CambrianShady-Tomstown Dolomite, a shelfcarbonatesequence with extensivesec- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Most primary inclusionsin sphalerite,fluorite, dolomite,and quartz from East Tennesseehomogenizedat 82ø-149ø...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 |  | | 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...Cove) in North Carolina.The Cartersvillebarite district in fluorite-barite rich.Zinc-richdeposits are...forstandards, aftercorrection bythesame method COPPER usedforall samples reportedhere,are17.0permil...123sphalerite, and22.0per mil for NBS 127barite. RIDGE SulfurIsotopeAnalyses of Mississippi ValleyType |  | | 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 |  | 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 |  | 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...siliciclastic rocks with local interlayered vuggy dolomite that are overlain by relatively impermeable elastic...leachates from sphalerite and fluorite in the East Tennessee ore field differed significantly from those for |  | | Report (volume) | | Correlations in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1405-H Silurian...Correlations in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee By RALPH L. MILLER CONTRIBUTIONS GEOLOGICAL...Formation to southwest Virginia and northernmost Tennessee, and clarifies the relations between the Clinch...correlations in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee. (Contributions to stratigraphy) (Geological Survey...Virginia. 3. Geology, Stratigraphic Nomenclature Tennessee. 4. Stratigraphic correlation Virginia. Geological |  | | 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: |  | | Report (volume) | | Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian...map. Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg County. Abercrombie Formationl Middle Cambrian: Western...Young Peak dolomite and above Busby quartzite. Underlies and named for Abercrombie Peak, on ridge south of |  | | 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 |
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