Mine detail: Cherokee Mine

Previously called 'Old Tennessee MineSchool Property'

Location:	Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.00931, -84.39432
dep_id:	10129290
mrds_id:	K001184
mas_id:	471390017
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Iron, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Sulfur
Trace mineral:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Tremolite, Diopside, Hedenbergite, Staurolite
other_matl:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR - TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Lyday, Travis Q., Fagan, James M., Geraci, Philip J., Illo, Diane R.
Year first produced:	1962
disc_yr:	1847
References:	Deposit:: BEALL, J. W., 1973, COPPER IN THE U. S. -- A POSITION SURVEY MINING ENGINEERING: SOC. MINING ENGINEERS, V. 25, NO. 4, P. 38. Deposit:: EMMONS, W. H., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPER 139, PP. 30-32. Deposit:: HARDEMAN, W. D., 1970, ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE: BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 22. Deposit:: KERR, J. R., RAND, L. H., AND VALLELY, J. L., 1965, THE SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY OF EASTERN UNITED STATES: U. S. BUR.INF. CIRC. 8255, P. 74-75. Deposit:: MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN DISTRICT, TENNESSEE IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1967: AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 1 P. 207-241. Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., 1966, THE COPPER-SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY IN TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 14, P. 28. Deposit:: SAFFORD, J. M., 1869, GEOLOGY OF TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE, S. J. MERCER, P. 470-482. Deposit:: TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY DIVISION, 1966, THE TCC STORY: COPPERHILL TENN., 3RD ED., PP. 6, 11 & 13. Deposit:: CAMMAROTA, V. A. ET. AL. TRIP REPORT TO TENNESSEE ZINC MINE BUMINES MEMORANDUM, JANUARY 8, 1976, P. 3. Deposit:: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. ANNUAL STATISTICS ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF TENESSEE. MINERAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS 1962-1976. 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:: 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:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY MANUSCRIPT, 1972, JOINT TDG, TVA, USBM COMPILATION. Deposit:: 1968 DIREXPL MAGEE, CHAPTER IN GRATON-SALES VOLUME Deposit:: 1972 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY MINE INVENTORY Production:: TENNESSEE DIV GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY Reserve-Resource:: RIDGE, JOHN D. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN DISTRICT, TENNESSEE IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967. AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., V. 1, 1968, PP. 223-231. Reserve-Resource:: ASHLEY, G.H. MINERAL RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE. TENN. GEOL. Reserve-Resource:: FLOYD, R.J. STATE OF TENNESSEE ROCK AND MINERAL RESOURCES. Reserve-Resource:: MCMAHON, A.D. COPPER. A MATERIALS SURVEY. BUMINES IC 8225.