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Article: Occurrence of barian celestine at the Elmwood zinc deposit, Smith County, Tennessee
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- Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Mineralogical Record May 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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INTRODUCTION
Since opening in 1974, the Elmwood mine in the central Tennessee zinc district has been studied by a number of workers (Kyle, 1976; Kearns and Campbell, 1978; Gaylord and Briskey, 1983). Various aspects of both the geology and mineralogy have been examined; however, concise data on the mineralogical occurrences has remained relatively brief.
The most commonly observed and recognized minerals continue to be barite (strontian), calcite, dolomite, fluorite, quartz and sphalerite. Rarer species include "anglesite," celestine, chalcopyrite,* enargite,* galena, glauconite,* marcasite* and pyrite. The occurrence of anglesite would be of particular interest, as it would be the only ...