Mine detail: Bunch Hollow Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.4423, -83.7385

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Calamine, Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR (BROKAW)
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1939-1944
First production started:	1939

Geology

Host rock:	Copper Ridge Dolomite, Light To Dark Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
Host 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.
Alteration processes:	Smithsonite, Calamine, Cerrusite After Sulfides

References

MRDS	K001495
DEP	10102263
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.