Mine detail: Eureka Mine

Previously called 'Isabella Mine'

Location:	Polk County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.03231, -84.36572
dep_id:	10300155
mrds_id:	K001182
mas_id:	471390002
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Trace mineral:	Gold, Lead, Silver
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
other_matl:	Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Galena, Gold, Hedenbergite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite, Tremolite
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
Year first produced:	1925
disc_yr:	1853
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:: 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.