Mine detail: Isabella Mine

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Location: Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.03372, -84.36325
dep_id: 10076002
mrds_id: W022863
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Hedenbergite, Staurolite, Tremolite
orebody_fm: ELONGATED IRREGULAR LENS
Reporter: U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Geraci, Philip J.
arock_type: Amphibolite
Structure: The East-West Trending Eureka Fault Horizontally Offset The Ore Body Some 350 Feet.
References:
  • 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
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