Mine detail: Eureka Mine

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Location:	Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.03233, -84.36548
dep_id:	10106801
mrds_id:	K001182
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead
Minor mineral:	Zinc, Silver, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Hedenbergite, Staurolite, Tremolite
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR - TABULAR
alteration:	Seritization
Reporter:	Fagan, James M., Geraci, Philip J.
arock_type:	Amphibolite
Structure:	Northeastward - Plunging Anticlines, The East-West Trending Eureka Fault Horizontally Offset The Ore Body Some 350 Feet.
References:	Deposit:: KINKEL, A. A., AND OTHERS, 1968, COPPER AND SULFUR, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 377-385. Deposit:: EMMONS, W. H., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 139, 114 P. Deposit:: MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), V. 1, AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 207-241. Deposit:: ROSS, C. S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 179, 165 P. Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1966, THE COPPER-SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY IN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 14, 28 P. Deposit:: 1926 RECON EMMONS AND LANEY, USGS PP 139 Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP ROSS, USGS PP 179 Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE KINKEL, USGS PP 580 Deposit:: 1968 DIREXPL MAGEE, CHAPTER IN GRATON-SALES VOLUME Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY MINE INVENTORY Production:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY