Mine detail: Young Zinc Mine

Previously called 'Young Mine'

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Location: Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.0762, -83.61267
dep_id: 10025336
mrds_id: K001176
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz
other_matl: Dolomite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR: DOME-LIKE, TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration: Dolomitization, Silicification, Both Moderate
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Dolomite And Limestone Fracturing
Reporter: Fagan, James M., Sutphin, David M.
hrock_unit: Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
hrock_type: Carbonate
Structure: Collapse - Breccia Structures
tectonic: Platform Carbonates
Year first produced: 1955
prod_yrs: 1955-1972
References:
  • Deposit:: WEDOW, HELMUTH AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580
  • Deposit:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1969, PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, 90 P.
  • Deposit:: BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1956, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 277, 76 P.
  • Deposit:: 1924 RECON SECRIST, REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1950 OTHER ODER AND HOOKS, REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1950 RECON BROKAW, A., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP BRIDGE, J., REPORT
  • Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORY
  • Production:: TENN. DIV. GEOL. R.I. 23
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