Mine detail: Buck Miller Copper Mine

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Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.33344, -84.20408
dep_id: 10025105
mrds_id: K000057
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions,With Minor Supergene Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Parallel Quartz-Filled Fissure Veins
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Wilhite Formation, Metasiltston
hrock_type: Siltstone
Structure: Reg.Trends: Ne, Structurally Disturbed Zone In Nonplunging Folds
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1914
prod_yrs: PRE 1914
References:
  • Deposit:: LAURENCE, R.A., 1963, SOME*OS*TENNESSEE MINERAL LOCALITIES: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR., V. 38, NO. 4, P. 156-158
  • Deposit:: FAGAN, J.M., 1968, MINERALIZATION AT THE BUCK MILLER COPPER MINE, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY UNPUBLISHED REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE LAURENCE R.A.
  • Deposit:: 1968 OTHER FAGAN, TVA,ACADEMIC
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