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Peach Orchard Mine

Past Producer in Unicoi county in Tennessee, United States with commodities 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 10025271
MRDS ID K000975
Record type Site
Current site name Peach Orchard Mine
Related records 10129261, 10202495

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.51764, 36.13981 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR SOUTHWEST END OF COVEON NORTHWEST SIDE OF BUMPASS COVE CREEK, NORTHEAST OF LICK LOG HOLLOW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telford(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. GEOL. BULL. 54

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite 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) -82.51764, 36.13981
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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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOLOMITE MUCH BRECCIATED. PINNACLES EXPOSED IN OPEN CUT. DOLOMITE IS FRESH BUT SOME HAS CRUST OF WEATHERED MATERIAL . PINNACLES OF LIGHT GRAY MASSIVE DOLOMITE EXPOSED IN OPEN CUT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Production years 1916-1926; 1931-1943

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the production information

  • LEADING PRODUCER OF LEAD AND ZINC IN COVE

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, LEVELS AND OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • MINE OPENED IN 1916, BECAME LEADING PRODUCER WORKED UNTIL 1926 WHEN ABANDONED AS WORKED OUT. REOPENED IN 1931 DRILLING 1933-1934, PRODUCER 1935-1941, DRILLING IN 1942 AND MINED; 1943 OVERBURDEN STRIPED WITH POWER SHOVEL

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 MASSES OF GALENA FOUND IN CERUSSITE. SECRIST (1924, P146) REPORTS SPHALERITE RODGERS (1948) CONSIDER THIS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISSING AREAS IN COVE FOR OXIDIZED LEAD AND ZINC. ; 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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