Mine detail: New Market Zinc Mine

Previously called 'Asarco New Market Mine'

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Location: Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.08203, -83.56489
dep_id: 10102261
mrds_id: K001178
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Lead, Iron, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Hematite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration: Unknown
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Dolomite And Limestone Fracturing
Reporter: Fagan, James M., Sutphin, David M.
hrock_unit: Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Collapse - Breccia Structures
tectonic: Platform Carbonates
Year first produced: 1964
prod_yrs: 1964 - 1972
References:
  • Deposit:: WEDOW, HELMUTH AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580
  • Deposit:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1969, PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, 90 P.
  • Deposit:: BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1956, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 277, 76 P.
  • Deposit:: 1950 OTHER ODER AND HOOKS, REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1950 RECON BROKAW, A., REPORT
  • Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT
  • Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP BRIDGE, J., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORY
  • Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY
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