Mine detail: Kings Bend Mine

Previously called 'C. A. Harris Mine'

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Location: Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.50036, -83.6485
dep_id: 10025593
mrds_id: K001490
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Bedding Plane Fault & Associated Fractures (Brokaw)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Copper Ridge Dolomite, Light-Gray, Crystalline Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending, Powell River Anticline, Fractures Trending N 35 To 78 Deg E, N 55 Deg W, And A Nearly Horizontal Bedding Plane Fault Trending N 76 Deg W.
Year first produced: 1937
prod_yrs: LATE 193* TO EARLY 194*
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: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-C, 56 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S. W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, REPORT
  • Production:: MAHER, S. W., 1958 TENN. DIV. GEOL. INF. CIR. NO. 6
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