CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
20 United States (Tennessee) 36.22.21 N -- 083.24.46 W Idol 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): Idol
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Tennessee
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: producer
Geologic district: Copper Ridge District
Commodities: Zn
Mineralization styles: discordant collapse breccia cement; massive replacement
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
Alteration signatures: silicification: silicification; What was altered: dolostone
Mineralogy: dolomite, sphalerite, marcasite, pyrite, calcite, fluorite, gypsum, quartz
References:
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Lu, J.; Craig, J. R.; Rimstidt, J. D., 1995
Paragenesis and Geochemistry of the Idol Mine Zinc Deposit, Tennessee
Economic Geology, Volume 90, p. 194 - 199

Production data: Report period: from 1977 until 1995; 1.5 million short tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 3 percent
Reference: Lu, J.; Craig, J. R.; Rimstidt, J. D., 1995: Paragenesis and Geochemistry of the Idol Mine Zinc Deposit, Tennessee; Economic Geology, Volume 90, p. 194 - 199
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1995; 6 million short tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: proven
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 3 percent
Reference: Lu, J.; Craig, J. R.; Rimstidt, J. D., 1995: Paragenesis and Geochemistry of the Idol Mine Zinc Deposit, Tennessee; Economic Geology, Volume 90, p. 194 - 199
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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