Elmwood Zinc Mine #3 Shaft

Producer in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026428
MRDS ID K005050
Record type Site
Current site name Elmwood Zinc Mine #3 Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.93413, 36.19676 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.4 MILES FROM ELMWOOD, TN AND 1.7 MILES NORTH OF GORDONSVILLE, TN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gordonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DATA FROM W. D. HARDEMAN, U.S.B.M. NASHVILLE, TN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.93413, 36.19676

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discoverer New Jersey Zinc Co.

Mining district

District name Middle Tennessee Zinc District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jersey - Miniere Zinc Co.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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