Mine detail: Tennessee Zinc and Lead Company No. 14 Mine Shafts No. 3 and No. 4.

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Location: Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.14842, -82.49875
dep_id: 10025200
mrds_id: K000886
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hemimorphite, Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Oxides Derived By Weathering Sulfides Dissiminated In Dolomite
ore_ctrl: Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet
Year first produced: 1899
prod_yrs: 1899-1909; 1913-1917
References:
  • Deposit:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P
  • Deposit:: 1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J
  • Production:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54
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