Mine detail: Burra Burra Mine

Previously called 'Tennessee Copper CompanyCopperhill Operations'

Location:	Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.03511, -84.37932
dep_id:	10251584
mrds_id:	W022860
mas_id:	471390007
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral:	Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
other_matl:	Actinolite, Galena, Gold, Hornblende, Silver, Tremolite
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR, TABULAR
model:	91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Reporter:	Hartos, U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Geraci, Philip J., Illo, Diane R.
Year first produced:	1901
disc_yr:	1843
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 & 84-85. 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:: ROSS, C. S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPER 179, PP. 94-97. Deposit:: SAFFORD, J. M., 1869, GEOLOGY OF TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE, S. J. MERCER, P. 470-482. Deposit:: TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY DIVISION, 1966, THE TCC STORY: COPPERHILL TENN., 3RD ED., PP. 6, 11 & 13. Deposit:: TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY, JUNE 1958, TOPICS: V. 7, NOS. 3 AN Deposit:: CAMMAROTA, V. A. ET. AL. TRIP REPORT TO TENNESSEE ZINC MINE BUMINES MEMORANDUM, JANUARY 8, 1976, P. 3. Deposit:: 1968 DIREXPL MAGEE, IN GRATON-SALES VOLUME Production:: MAGEE, 1968, P. 228 Reserve-Resource:: MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, 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, P. 207-241.