Mine detail: Copperhill Mine

Previously called 'Eureka MineIsabella Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.03233, -84.36575

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Iron, Zinc
Secondary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Silver, Gold, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Hedenbergite, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Schist
Alteration processes:Moderate Sericitic Alteration Of The Wallrock

References

MRDSW031398
DEP10080285
Reference{Deposit:: BEALL, J.W., 1973, COPPER IN THE U.S. -- A POSITION SURVEY IN MINING ENGINEERING: SOC. MINING ENGINEERS, V. 25, NO. 4, P. 38.}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 139, PP. 30-32 & 94-97.}{Deposit:: HARDEMAN, W. D., 1970, ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 25.}{Deposit:: KERR, J. R., RAND, L. H., AND VALLEY, J. L., 1965, THE SULFUR AND SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY OF EASTERN UNITED STATES: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8255, P. 74-75.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C. S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 179, PP. 94-97.}{Deposit:: SAFFORD, J. M., 1869, GEOLOGY OF TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE, S. J. MERCER, P. 470-482.}{Deposit:: TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY DIVISION, 1966, THE TCC STORY: COPPERHILL, TENN., 3RD ED., PP. 6, 11 & 13.}{Deposit:: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. ANNUAL STATISTICS ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE. MINERAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS 1969-1976.}{Production:: WORLD MINES REGISTER, 1979-1980, P. 203. MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 81, P. 62.}
ReporterRowe, William D.