Mining the Eastern Tennessee Ore Bodies
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 5
- File Size:
- 498 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 5, 1976
Abstract
The Mascot-Jefferson City zinc mining district in eastern Tennessee has been a major zinc producer for over 60 years. The district lies within the Tennessee division of the Appalachian Valley and is underlain by folded and faulted Paleozoic rocks. The local formations are composed of limestones and dolomites with occasional shales, and sand- stones, and thin and scattered chert nodules. The regional structure of the district is unique in that it is complicated by irregular, distorted, and broken anticlines, synclines, domes, and major and minor post-ore folding and faulting.
Citation
APA: (1976) Mining the Eastern Tennessee Ore Bodies
MLA: Mining the Eastern Tennessee Ore Bodies. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1976.