Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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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 carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Knox group |
(2) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | limestone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Knox group |
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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 |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1959; 2,000 short ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-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% |