Mine detail: New Prospect Mine

Previously called 'Leadmine Bend'

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Location: Union County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.39787, -83.84046
dep_id: 10025409
mrds_id: K001272
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Cadmium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Greenockite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR RECTANGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphic; Fractures (According To Brokaw)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Nolichucky Shale Member Of Maynardville Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline, Mine Is On East Side Of Leadmine Bend Dome.
Year first produced: 1883
disc_yr: 1869
prod_yrs: 1869-1903, 1916-1918, 1939-1943
discr: Peter E. Blow
References:
  • Deposit:: BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P.
  • Deposit:: SECRIST, M. H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 31, 165 P.
  • Deposit:: PURDUE, A. H., 1912, THE ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 14, 69 P.
  • Deposit:: LAURENCE, R.A., 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE NEW PROSPECT MINE: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, INTERNAL REPORT, 6 P.
  • Deposit:: 1869 COMPILE SAFFORD, J. M.; RES. OF TENN.
  • Deposit:: 1912 COMPILE PURDUE, A. H.; TENN. GEOL. SUR.; RPT.
  • Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M. H.; TENN. DIV. GEOL.; RPT
  • Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A. L., ET. AL., REPORT
  • Production:: BROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C
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