Mine detail: Young Zinc Mine

Previously called 'Young Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.0762, -83.61267

Resource(B)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR: DOME-LIKE, TABULAR
Other material: Dolomite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1955-1972
First production started: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
Host type:Carbonate
Structure:Collapse - Breccia Structures
Tectonic:Platform Carbonates
Alteration processes:Dolomitization, Silicification, Both Moderate

References

MRDSK001176
DEP10025336
Reference{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}
ReporterFagan, James M., Sutphin, David M.