Mine detail: Eureka Mine

Previously called 'Isabella Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.03231, -84.36572

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Zinc
Secondary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary: Gold, Lead, Silver
Other material: Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Galena, Gold, Hedenbergite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite, Tremolite
Discovery year: 1853

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1925

Geology

References

MRDSK001182
MAS471390002
DEP10300155
Reference{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:: 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 & 94-97.}{Deposit:: HARDEMAN, W. D., 1970, ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE: U}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 25.}{Deposit:: KERR, J. R., RAND, L. H., AND VALLELY, J. L., 1965, THE SULF}{Deposit:: SULFURIC ACID INDUSTRY OF EASTERN UNITED STATES: U. S. BUR.}{Deposit:: INF. CIRC. 8255, P. 74-75.}{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. 6, 11 & 13.}{Deposit:: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. ANNUAL STATISTICS ON THE MINERAL IND}{Deposit:: OF TENESSEE. MINERAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS 1969-1976.}{Reserve-Resource:: MAGEEE, MAURICE. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN}{Reserve-Resource:: STATES, 1933-1967. AM. INST. MINING, METALL. AND}{Reserve-Resource:: PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., V. 1, 1968, PP. 207-241.}{Reserve-Resource:: ASHLEY, G.H. MINERAL RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE. TENN. GEOL.}{Reserve-Resource:: SURV., NASHVILLE, TENN., 1910, 65 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: FLOYD, R.J. TENNESSEE ROCK AND MINERAL RESOURCES. STATE OF}{Reserve-Resource:: TENN. DEPT. OF CONSERVATION, DIV. OF GEOL., BULL. 66,}{Reserve-Resource:: NASHVILLE, TENN., 1965, PP. 47-50.}{Reserve-Resource:: MCMAHON, A.D. COPPER. A MATERIALS SURVEY. BUMINES IC 8225,}{Reserve-Resource:: 1965, P. 54.}
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