Mine detail: Kings Bend Mine

Previously called 'C. A. Harris Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.50036, -83.6485

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Iron
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	LATE 193 * TO EARLY 194 *
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Copper Ridge Dolomite, Light-Gray, Crystalline Dolomite
Host 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.

References

MRDS	K001490
DEP	10025593
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.