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Embree Iron Company No. 13 Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Unicoi county in Tennessee, United States with commodity 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025217
MRDS ID K000908
Record type Site
Current site name Embree Iron Company No. 13 Zinc Mine
Related records 10129177

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.49319, 36.1487 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF COVE ON SPUR WEST OF ROCKY 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. ALSO TENN. ZINC AND LEAD CO. SHAFTS NO. 1 AND NO. 2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite 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) -82.49319, 36.1487
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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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • DUMPS SHOW BLOCKS OF BLUE-GRAY LAMINATED AND RIBBONED DOLOMITE AND BLUE RIBBONED DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Production years 1914-1917; 1933

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCED LITTLE ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 2 SHAFT CONNECTED BY 400 FT TUNNEL WITH NO. 13 SHAFT

Comments on development

  • OPERATED FROM 1914 TO 1917. WORKINGS NOT EXTENSIVE. REOPENED BRIEFLY IN 1933. SHAFTS NO. 1 OF TENN. ZINC AND LEAD CO. CONNECTED WITH NO. 13 AND WORKED AS A UNIT. SHAFT NO. 2 WAS SEPARATE OPERATION AND CONNECTED WITH 400 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN FROM FOOT OF SLOPE TO NORTH.

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

Reporter information

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

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