Mine detail: North Pit

Previously called 'Cherokee Open Pit'

Location:	Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.01181, -84.39462
dep_id:	10275978
mas_id:	471390015
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Trace mineral:	Gold, Lead, Silver
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Past Producer
other_matl:	Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite, Tremolite
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Brocoum, A.
Year first produced:	1976
disc_yr:	1847
References:	Deposit:: BEALL, J. W., 1973, COPPER IN THE U. S. -- A POSITION SURVEY Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING: SOC. MINING ENGINEERS, V. 25, NO. 4, P. Deposit:: CITIES SERVICE COMPANY, APRIL 1976, TOPICS: V. 7, NO. 1, P. Deposit:: CITIES SERVICE COMPANY, OCTOBER 1976, TOPICS: V. 7, NO. 7, P Deposit:: EMMONS, W. H., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOS Deposit:: THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Deposit:: PAPER 139, PP.30-32, P. 107 Deposit:: MAGEE, MAURICE, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTO Deposit:: DISTRICT, TENNESSEE IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 19 Deposit:: 1967: AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. Deposit:: P. 207-241. Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., 1966, THE COPPER-SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY IN TEN Deposit:: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 14, 28 P. Deposit:: ROSS, C. S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCK Deposit:: TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Deposit:: PAPER 179, PP. 94-97 Deposit:: SAFFORD, J. M., 1869, GEOLOGY OF TENNESSEE: NASHVILLE, S. J. Deposit:: MERCER, P. 470-482. Deposit:: TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY DIVISION, 1966, THE TCC STORY: COPP Deposit:: TENN., 3RD ED., PP. 12,13 Reserve-Resource:: V. 7, NO. 7, P. 4.