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An example of a multicomponent site would be American Civil War earthworks constructed at the same location as a prehistoric Mississippian village. The cultural affiliation category in the list below refers only to periods in which the most significant occupation or event (e.g., a battle) took place at the site.
The Salina Group or Salina Formation is a Late Silurian-age, Stratigraphic unit of sedimentary rock that is found in Northeastern and Midwestern North America.Named for its Halite beds, the phrase "Salina Group" was first used as a descriptive term by James D. Dana in 1863.
Diorama of an underground salt mine in Germany. Inside Salina Veche, in Slănic, Prahova, Romania.The railing (lower middle) gives the viewer an idea of scale. Before the advent of the modern internal combustion engine and earth-moving equipment, mining salt was one of the most expensive and dangerous of operations because of rapid dehydration caused by constant contact with the salt (both in ...
Mine: State: Coordinates: Town: Owner: Dates: Comments: Pyne Mine: Alabama 33°22′33.18″N 86°55′21.65″W Lacey's Chapel: Woodward Iron Company: 1918–1971 One of only two shaft mines dug in the Birmingham District, and the last ore mine to operate in the region, closing in 1971. Sloss Mines: Alabama 33.39816°N 86.93276°W Red Mountain
Pages in category "Mines in Tennessee" ... Ducktown Basin Museum and Burra Burra Mine This page was last edited on 23 August 2017, at 03:21 (UTC). ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Tennessee that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 2,000 in total. There are over 2,000 in total. Of these, 29 are National Historic Landmarks .
English: Sphalerite & barite from Tennessee, USA. (CMC RM 1140, Cincinnati Museum Center's rock & mineral collection, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) Locality: Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
The crystalline sphalerite specimen shown above is from the well-known Central Tennessee Zinc District (a.k.a. Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District). In this mining district, sphalerite mineralization is hosted in shallow marine dolostones of the upper Knox Group (Lower Ordovician) - probably from dissolution collapse brecciated and karstified ...