CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
21 United States (Tennessee) 36.26.18 N -- 083.13.15 W Flat Gap Zn
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Flat Gap
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Tennessee
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Geologic district: Copper Ridge District
Commodities: Zn
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement
Geological ages: Early Ordovician (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Knox group

(2) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:limestone
Host rock stratigraphy:Knox group
Mineralogy: galena, sphalerite, pyrite, dolomite, barite, fluorite, calcite, anhydrite, gypsum
References:
Hill, W. T.; Morris, R. G.; Hagegeorge, C. G., 1971
Ore Controls and Related Sedimentary Features at the Flat Gap Mine, Treadway, Tennessee
Economic Geology, p. 748 - 756

Production data: Report period: from 1959; 2,000 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 3 percent
Reference: Hill, W. T.; Morris, R. G.; Hagegeorge, C. G., 1971: Ore Controls and Related Sedimentary Features at the Flat Gap Mine, Treadway, Tennessee; Economic Geology, p. 748 - 756
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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