Mine detail: Buck Miller Copper Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.33344, -84.20408

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	PRE 1914

Geology

Host rock:	Wilhite Formation, Metasiltston
Host type:	Siltstone
Structure:	Reg.Trends: Ne, Structurally Disturbed Zone In Nonplunging Folds

References

MRDS	K000057
DEP	10025105
Reference	{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FAGAN, J.M., 1968, MINERALIZATION AT THE BUCK MILLER COPPER MINE, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE LAURENCE R.A.}{Deposit:: 1968 OTHER FAGAN, TVA,ACADEMIC}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.