Mine detail: Coy

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Location:	Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.12229, -83.48879
dep_id:	10129521
mas_id:	470890003
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Minor mineral:	Lead
Trace mineral:	Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Producer
other_matl:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chert, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Jasper, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Hrabik, J.
Year first produced:	1956
disc_yr:	1953
References:	Deposit:: 1981 MSHA LIST Deposit:: BRIDGE,J. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. U.S. GEOL. SURVEY PROF. PAPER 277, 1956, P. 7 AND 61. Deposit:: CLEMENT,G.K.,L. AVERY, AND P.A.SEIBERT. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK. MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERALS EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. NTIS: PB 277 348/AS. DECEMBER, 1977, 375 PP. Deposit:: CRAWFORD,J., AND A.D. HOAGLAND. THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE, AIME, V.1,1968, PP. 243-249. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. E & MJ INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF UNDERGROUND MINES. JUNE, 1978, PP. 80-81. Deposit:: HARDEMAN,W.D. ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE. BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT, 1970, P. 10. Deposit:: HARRIS,L.D. KINKSPORT FORMATION AND MASCOT DOLOMITE (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE. PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY RI 23, 1969, PP. 7-8. Deposit:: HATCHER, R.D., AND G.D. SWINGLE. MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE NEW MARKET QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY MRS155-SE, 1973, P. 3. Deposit:: LEAMON.A.R. MINE INVENTORY. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPORT, 1973, 2 PP. Deposit:: LI,T.M. THE NEW LOOK AT ASARC* TENNESSEE MINES. MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 28, NO.5, 1976, PP. 37-44. Deposit:: MAHER,S.W. THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY IC 6, 1958, P. 8. Deposit:: MATHEWS,A.A., INC. MINE INTERVIEW REPORT, ASARCO YOUNG MINE AND MILL, MASCOT, TENNESSEE. PHASE 2 REPT., BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO. JO255D26, VOL. I, 1976, 17 PP. Deposit:: MCCORMICK,J.E., ET AT. GEOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN ZINC COMPAN* YOUNG MINE. PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY RI 23, 1969, PP. 45-49. Deposit:: MILICI,R.C. THE STRATIGRAPHY OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE. CH. IN GEOLOGY OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 70, 1973, PP. 10-19. Deposit:: RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81