Mine detail: Kimberlin Lead Mine

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Location: Sevier County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.91426, -83.74183
dep_id: 10025739
mrds_id: K001674
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena
ore_ctrl: Bedding
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
Year first produced: 1787
disc_yr: 1787
prod_yrs: LATE 170* - EARLY 180*
discr: Jacob Kimberlin
References:
  • Deposit:: RAMSEY, J.G.M., 1926, THE ANNALS OF TENNESSEE; KINGSPORT PRESS, KINGSPORT, TENN., 2ND ED., P. 376
  • Production:: RAMSEY, J.G.M., 1926, THE ANNALS OF TENNESSEE.
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