Mine detail: Copperhill Mine

Previously called 'Eureka MineIsabella Mine'

Location:	Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.03233, -84.36575
dep_id:	10080285
mrds_id:	W031398
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Iron, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Sulfur
Trace mineral:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Hedenbergite, Quartz, Tremolite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
model:	91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
alteration:	Moderate Sericitic Alteration Of The Wallrock
conc_proc:	Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl:	Faulting And Folding
Reporter:	Rowe, William D.
hrock_type:	Schist
References:	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.