Mine detail: Jefferson City Zinc Mine

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Location:	Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.10009, -83.47878
dep_id:	10025338
mrds_id:	K001179
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:	Past Producer
ore:	Dolomite, Galena, Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
model:	228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration:	Dolomitization, Silicification, Bleaching.
ore_ctrl:	Brecciated Dolomite And Limestone
Reporter:	Fagan, James M., Sutphin, David M.
Structure:	Collapse - Breccia Structures
tectonic:	Platform Carbonates
Year first produced:	1956
prod_yrs:	1956-1972
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:: 1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORY Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY