Mine detail: Hardwick Lead Mine

Previously called 'Dollie D'

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Location: Bradley County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.10039, -84.91104
dep_id: 10025771
mrds_id: K001714
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chert
orebody_fm: INVERTED FUNNEL (15TH ANN. REPT., 1905)
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Bedding, Breccia Zone
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Maynardville Limestone Member Of Conasauga Shale
hrock_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
Year first produced: 1892
disc_yr: 1892
prod_yrs: 1892-1906
discr: Sam Devine
References:
  • 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.
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