Mine detail: Central Tennessee Zinc District

Previously called 'Elmwood Mine and Various Prospects'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.60008, -86.19997

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Lead
Discovery year:	1969

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	STRATABOUND EPIGENETIC
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1975

Geology

Structure:

NASHVILLE DOME TO THE SW.

References

MRDS	W019004
DEP	60001735
Reference	{Deposit:: MC MAHON, A. D. ET AL, 1974, THE U. S. ZINC INDUSTRY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; U.S. BU MINES INFO CIRC. 8629 P. 26}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1969, CARTHAGE TREND; WORLD MINING 2 - 69 P. 29, 39}