Mine detail: Central Tennessee Zinc District

Previously called 'Elmwood Mine and Various Prospects'

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Location: Smith County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.60008, -86.19997
dep_id: 60001735
mrds_id: W019004
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: STRATABOUND EPIGENETIC
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore_ctrl: COLLAPSE BRECCIA STRUCTURES
Structure: NASHVILLE DOME TO THE SW.
Year first produced: 1975
disc_yr: 1969
discr: New Jersey Zinc
References:
  • 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
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