Mine detail: Hardwick Lead Mine

Previously called 'Dollie D'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.10039, -84.91104

Resource(B)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Tertiary: Iron, Barium-Barite
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chert
Orebody form: INVERTED FUNNEL (15TH ANN. REPT., 1905)
Discovery year: 1892

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1892-1906
First production started: 1892

Geology

Host rock:Maynardville Limestone Member Of Conasauga Shale
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Northeast-Trending Strike Belts, Outcrops Of Conasauga Shale In Lead Mine Valley Along The Northeast Show Complex Folding And Some Faulting.
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSK001714
DEP10025771
Reference{Deposit:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.}{Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.}{Deposit:: SWINGLE, G.D., 1959, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND GROUND WATER OF THE CLEVELAND AREA, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 61, 125 P.}{Deposit:: DUNLAP, J.C., 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE HARDWICK MINE AREA, BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY PRELIMINARY REPORT AND MAP 3-215, 4 P.}{Deposit:: STATE OF TENNESSEE MINING DEPARTMENT, 1905, FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT: STATE OF TENNESSEE MINING DEPARTMENT, P. 216-218.}{Deposit:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1966, GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE MAYNARDVILLE LIMESTONE IN THE VICINITY OF THE HARDWICK MINE, BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 13 P.}{Deposit:: 1924 COMPILE SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL.}{Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR.}{Deposit:: 1959 GEOLMAP SWINGLE, G.D., TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL.}{Production:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.}
ReporterHale, Robin C.