Mine detail: Calloway Mine

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Location:	Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.01261, -84.37302
dep_id:	10202645
mrds_id:	K001181
mas_id:	471390006
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
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Quartz, Tremolite
other_matl:	Galena, Gold, Graphite, Hornblende, Silver
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR - TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Lyday, Travis Q., Fagan, James M., Geraci, Philip J., Illo, Diane R.
arock_type:	Gabbro
Year first produced:	1948
disc_yr:	1853
References:	Deposit:: BEALL, J. W., 1973, COPPER IN THE U. S. -- A POSITION SURVEY MINING ENGINEERING: SOC. MINING ENGINEERS, V. 25, NO. 4, P. 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 & 107. Deposit:: HARDEMAN, W. D., 1970, ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE: BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 24. Deposit:: KERR, J. R., RAND, L. H., AND VALLELY, J. L., 1965, THE SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY OF EASTERN UNITED STATES: U. S. BUR. 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. P. 207-241. Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., 1966, THE COPPER-SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY IN TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 14, 28 P. Deposit:: SAFFORD, J. M., 1869, GEOLOGY OF TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE, S. J. MERCER, P. 470-482. Deposit:: TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY DIVISION, 1966, THE TCC STORY: COPPER 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 1948-1976. Deposit:: MSHA LIST 11/23/79. Deposit:: MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 1/28/80. 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. 377-38578 09 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:: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1972, MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, JOINT 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:: MAGEE, MAURICE. 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, V. 1, 1968, PP. 207-241.