Mine detail: Jefferson City Mine

Previously called 'Zinc Mine Works'

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Location: Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.10009, -83.47879
dep_id: 10226093
mrds_id: K001179
mas_id: 470890002
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chert, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Jasper, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Jah / Tad / Dw
Year first produced: 1956
disc_yr: 1949
References:
  • Deposit:: SAVAGE QUARTERLY REPORT=CLOSURE DUE TO EXHAUSTED RESERVES
  • Deposit:: 10/30/96
  • Deposit:: 1981 MSHA LIST
  • Deposit:: RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81
  • Production:: HAYES, A.L., AND R.E. DAUGHERTY. THE JEFFERSON CITH FLOTA-
  • Production:: TION MILL. CHAPTER IN MILLING METHODS IN THE AMERICAS,
  • Production:: EDITED BY N. ARBITER. GORDON AND BREACH SCIENCE PUB-
  • Production:: LISHERS, 1964, PP. 415-447.
  • Reserve-Resource:: GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. PROSPECTUS, DATED DECEM-
  • Reserve-Resource:: BER 20, 1976, P. 36.
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