Mine detail: Osborn Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.79925, -82.26402

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Ore: Galena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Greenockite
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1899

Geology

Host rock:Nolichucky Shale;Maryville Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Cree Fault, Copper Ridge Syncline
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Oxidation Of Ores

References

MRDSW031331
DEP10106190
Reference{Deposit:: MARTIN, A.J., 1941, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES (MINE REPORT) IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK REVIEW OF 1940: P. 315-324.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, H.P., 1938, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 49, 91 P.}{Deposit:: 1899 DIREXPL L.D. CRAWFORD: OPENED MINE}{Deposit:: 1900 DIREXPL BERTHA MINERAL CO.: OPERATED MINE}{Deposit:: 1940 DIREXPL LACY-BUTLER CO.: MILLED DUMP MATERIALS}{Production:: WOODWARD (1938), MARTIN (1941)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)