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Tennessee Zinc and Lead Company No. 14 Mine Shafts No. 3 and No. 4.

Past Producer in Unicoi county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025200
MRDS ID K000886
Record type Site
Current site name Tennessee Zinc and Lead Company No. 14 Mine Shafts No. 3 and No. 4.
Related records 10202457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.49875, 36.14842 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF COVE ON BROAD SPUR NORTHEAST OF DRY BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Unicoi

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54. SHAFTS NO. 3 AND 4 TO WEST OF MAIN MINE AT COOR. X 3033,400, Y 657550

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FURNISHED MOST OF ORE FOR TENNESSE ZINC AND LEAD COMPANY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.49875, 36.14842
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO ZINC MINERALS OBSERVED IN CUT SMALL BODIES OF OXIDIZED ORE MAY BE PRESENT IN CLAY AND BEDROCK BENEATH MAY CONTAIN SULFIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Production years 1899-1909; 1913-1917

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennessee Lead And Zinc Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE COVERS ABOUT 2 ACRES. LARGE PINNACLES EXPOSED IN UPPER PART OF CUT, LOWER PART CHIEFLY IN CLAY OVERLAID BY THICK LAYER OF GRAVEL

Comments on development

  • DURING PERIOD OF HYDRAULIC IRON MINING (1899-1909) SMALL CUT OPENED; OXIDIZED ZINC MINED IN FLOOR OF OPEN CUT AND FROM SHORT TUNNELS AND SHAFTS 1913-1917, NO MINING SINCE 1917.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J

  • Production

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1899 FOR IRON; 1913 FOR ZINC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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