Mine detail: Gordonsville-Elmwood

Previously called 'Elmwood-Gordonsville Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.19699, -85.93436

Resource(B)

Primary: Germanium, Zinc
Tertiary: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1967

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1975

Geology

References

MRDSK005052
MAS471590001
DEP10251007
Reference{Deposit:: WHITE, LANE, MANAGING EDITOR, ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL,}{Deposit:: JERSEY MINIERE PLANS GROWTH AT ELMWOOD-GORDONSVILLE MINE,}{Deposit:: AUGUST 1979, PAGE 66.}{Deposit:: SCHULTZE, JOHN F., GORDONSVILLE CONCENTRATOR REPLACES ELM-}{Deposit:: WOOD PRODUCTION FOR JERSEY MINIERE ZINC CO., E. & M.J.,}{Deposit:: JANUARY 1983, PAGE 73.}{Deposit:: KEARNS, LANCE E., AND HOWARD CAMPELL III. THE ELMWOOD AND}{Deposit:: GORDONSVILLE ZINC MINES NEAR CARTHAGE, TENNESSEE. THE}{Deposit:: MINERALOGICAL RECORD, JULY-AUGUST, 1978, PP. 213-218.}{Deposit:: MILLER, R.A. THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE}{Deposit:: DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 74, 1974 P. 19.}{Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GORDONSVILLE QUAD-}{Deposit:: RANGLE, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY MRS 322-}{Deposit:: NW, 1976.}{Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR., L.C. TAYLOR, AND R.A. MANNING. MINERAL}{Deposit:: RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE GORDONSVILLE QUADRANGLE,}{Deposit:: TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY MRS 322-NW,}{Deposit:: 1976, PP. 2-3.}{Deposit:: WINSLOW,K.R. AND W.T. HILL. THE ELMWOOD PROJECT. MINING}{Deposit:: CONGRESS JOURNAL, MARCH, 1973, PP. 19-24.}
ReporterSoper, J.