Mine detail: Cherokee Mine

Previously called 'Old Tennessee MineSchool Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.00931, -84.39432

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Iron, Zinc
Secondary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Gold, Silver, Lead
Gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Tremolite, Diopside, Hedenbergite, Staurolite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR - TABULAR
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1847

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1962

Geology

References

MRDSK001184
MAS471390017
DEP10129290
Reference{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.}
ReporterLyday, Travis Q., Fagan, James M., Geraci, Philip J., Illo, Diane R.