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Jackson Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Iron, Zinc, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025216
MRDS ID K000907
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Mine
Related records 10129180

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.48042, 36.15898 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Relative position ON NORTH SIDE OF BUMPASS COVE CREEK NEAR MIDDLE OF COVE AT WIDEST POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DRILLING INDICATES +3% ZNS; DISTRIBUTION OF 2% ORE IRREGULAR - DOES NOT PERMIT TONNAGE ESTIMATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite 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) -82.48042, 36.15898
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Northeast Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet. See Structure Map Of Mine Area Bull. 54, Plate 5.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROMINENT PINNACLES DEVELOPED ALONG JOINTS. DOLOMITE BRECCIATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE1909; 1913-1917; 1943

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT COVERS ABOUT 10 ACRES, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • MINED BY HYDRAULIC METHODS FOR IRON 1899-1909; TENN. ZINC AND LEAD CO. MINED ZINC 1913-(?); 25 DRILL HOLES ENCOUNTERED 2-3% ZN; BEDROCK MINING OF LEAD ATTEMPTED; 1917 COMPANY CEASED OPERATION. PROPERTY LATER ACQUIRED BY EMBREE IRON CO. WHICH IN 1943 CONDUCTED EXPLORATION FOR ZINC SULPHIDES. OLD SHAFT REOPENED AND 15 CHURN DRILL HOLES WERE SUNK.

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., REPOR

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLOSE CORRELATION BETWEEN WEATHERED CRUST OF DISINTEGRATED DOLOMITE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SULFIDES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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