Mine detail: Clinch Valley

Previously called 'Idol Mine'

Location:	Grainger County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.37339, -83.40708
dep_id:	10232548
mas_id:	470570007
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Producer
other_matl:	Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Pyrite, Sphalerite
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Hrabik, J.
Year first produced:	1977
disc_yr:	1950
References:	Deposit:: BAKER, D. R. AND J. E. NELSON; CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A ZERO DISCHARGE ZINC CONCENTRATOR; MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, APRIL, 1979, PP. 23-26. Deposit:: CLAYTON, AUSTIN B. AND RICHARD L. SAYES; INVESTIGATION OF IDOL AND DALTON ZINC DEPOSITS, GRAINGER COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO. 4497, JULY, 1949. Deposit:: DAYTON, STANLEY H., ED., REVOLUTIONARY THICKENER DESIGN TACKLES HEAVY FLOW OF ZINC MINE TAILINGS. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, APRIL, 1978, PP. 78-79. Deposit:: GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC.; RESOURCES-QUARTERLY PUBLICATION, VOL. 11, 1977, PP. 13-14. Deposit:: GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC.; PROPERTY STATEMENT TO SHAREHOLDERS, JUNE 10, 1967, P. 105. Deposit:: HAGEGEORGE, C. G., W. T. HILL AND R. G. MORRIS; ORE CONTROLS AND RELATED SEDIMENTARY FEATURES AT THE FLAT GAP MINE, TREADWAY, TENNESSEE. CHAPTER IN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, VOL. 66, NO. 5, AUGUST, 1971, PP. 748-756. Deposit:: HILL, W. T.; MINE GEOLOGY OF THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPAN* FLAT GAP MINE AT TREADWAY IN THE COPPER RIDGE DISTRICT. CHAPTER IN PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 23, 1969, PP. 76-90. Reserve-Resource:: GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. FORM 10-K. JULY 31, 1979, P. 32, JULY 31, 1978, P. 27, JULY 31, 1977, P. 7.