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Ducktown - Burra Burra, London, East Tennessee, Mary Polk, Calloway, Eureka, Boyd, Cherokee
Tennessee, USA
Main commodities: Cu S Zn




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1987.     Record last updated: 24/11/2014
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Addy S K and Ypma P J M,  1977 - Origin of Massive Sulfide Deposits at Ducktown, Tennessee: An Oxygen, Carbon, and Hydrogen Isotope Study: in    Econ. Geol.   v.72 pp. 1245-1268
Brooker D D, Craig J R, Rimstidt J D  1987 - Ore metamorphism and Pyrite Porphyroblast development at the Cherokee Mine, Ducktown, Tennessee: in    Econ. Geol.   v82 pp 72-86
LeHuray A P  1984 - Lead and Sulfur isotopes and a model for the origin of the Ducktown deposit, Tennessee: in    Econ. Geol.   v79 pp 1561-1573
Nesbitt B E  1982 - Metamorphic sulfide-silicate equilibria in the massive sulfide deposits at Ducktown, Tennessee: in    Econ. Geol.   v77 pp 364-378
Nesbitt B E, Kelly W C  1980 - Metamorphic zonation of sulfides, oxides and graphite in and around the orebodies at Ducktown, Tennessee: in    Econ. Geol.   v75 pp 1010-1021
Stephens M B, Swinden H S, Slack J F  1984 - Correlation of massive Sulfide deposits in the Appalachian-Caledonian orogen on the basis of Paleotectonic setting: in    Econ. Geol.   v79 pp 1442-1478


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