Mine detail: Isabella Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.03372, -84.36325

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Hedenbergite, Staurolite, Tremolite
Orebody form:	ELONGATED IRREGULAR LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Associated type:	Amphibolite
Structure:	The East-West Trending Eureka Fault Horizontally Offset The Ore Body Some 350 Feet.

References

MRDS	W022863
DEP	10076002
Reference	{Deposit:: MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), V. 1, AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 207-241}{Deposit:: 1) MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY MANUSCRIPT, 1972, JOINT TDG, TVA, USBM COMPILATION.{2) MAHER, S.W., 1966, THE COPPER-SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY IN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 14, 28 P.}{Deposit:: 1968 DIREXPL MAGEE, CHAPTER IN GRATON-SALES VOLUME}
Reporter	U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Geraci, Philip J.