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Lost Creek Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026432
MRDS ID K005054
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Creek Zinc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.5035, 36.07842 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Relative position 3.4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW MARKET, TENN ON LOST CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Market(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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DATA FROM FIELD VISIT 6/22/76

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Mascot Dolomite;Kingsport Formation;Chepultepec Dolomite;Copper Ridge Dolomite
    Rock description Mascot Dolomite;Kingsport Formation;Chepultepec Dolomite;Copper Ridge Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.5035, 36.07842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mascot - Jefferson City Zinc District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LOST CREEK MINE IS BEING DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED ADIT TRENDING ALMOST DUE WEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, L. D., 1969, KINGSPORT FORMATION AND MASCOT DOLOMITE (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE, IN PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, P 1 - 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON 6/22/76 MINE BEING DEVELOPED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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