Mine detail: Livesay Cut

Previously called 'Mill Cut'

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Location: Hancock County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.51536, -83.29016
dep_id: 10102272
mrds_id: K001655
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Limonite After Pyrite
ore_ctrl: Bedding
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type: Dolomite
disc_yr: 1916
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:: 1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
  • Production:: SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.
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