Davis - Bible Zinc Mine

Producer in Jefferson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025339
MRDS ID K001180
Record type Site
Current site name Davis - Bible Zinc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.49545, 36.10926 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF U.S. 11-E AT JEFFERSON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SPHALERITE GRADE - 3-4%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.49545, 36.10926

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Collapse - Breccia Structures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Dolomite And Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1926
Production years 1926 - 1972

Mining district

District name Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Steel Corp.
    Home office Jefferson City, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • CONCENTRATES - 63-64% ZN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, HELMUTH AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1969, PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1956, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 277, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    1924 RECON SECRIST, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1950 OTHER ODER AND HOOKS, REPORT

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1950 RECON BROKAW, A., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP BRIDGE, J., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY - SEE U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 580 AND TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references