Mine detail: Straight Creek Mine

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Location: Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.38898, -83.64295
dep_id: 10102269
mrds_id: K001629
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Wallen Valley Fault (Maher); Breccia Zone
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Maynardville Limestone & Copper Ridge Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Powell River Anticline On The Northwest.
Year first produced: 1880
disc_yr: 1880
prod_yrs: 1880-1908
References:
  • Deposit:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.
  • Deposit:: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1933, STRAIGHT CREEK MINE REPORT: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1933.
  • Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Production:: BARKSDALE, 1933, TVA INTERNAL REPORT
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