Mine detail: Bunch Hollow Mine

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Location: Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.4423, -83.7385
dep_id: 10102263
mrds_id: K001495
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Calamine, Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR (BROKAW)
alteration: Smithsonite, Calamine, Cerrusite After Sulfides
ore_ctrl: Tear Fault (Brokaw)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Copper Ridge Dolomite, Light To Dark Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending, Powell River Anticline, Fault Striking N 66 Deg W. Other Fractures In Mine Are Vertical And Strike N 45 Deg W On Average.
Year first produced: 1939
disc_yr: 1935
prod_yrs: 1939-1944
discr: C. A. Harris, Sr.
References:
  • Deposit:: BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-C, 56 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S. W., 1958, TENN. DIV. GEOL. REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, 1966, USGS REPORT
  • Production:: BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C
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