Mine detail: Gordonsville-Elmwood

Previously called 'Elmwood-Gordonsville Mine'

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Location: Smith County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.19699, -85.93436
dep_id: 10251007
mrds_id: K005052
mas_id: 471590001
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Germanium, Zinc
Trace mineral: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Soper, J.
Year first produced: 1975
disc_yr: 1967
References:
  • 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.
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