Bunch Hollow Mine

Past Producer in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102263
MRDS ID K001495
Record type Site
Current site name Bunch Hollow Mine
Related records 10251263

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.7385, 36.4423 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clouds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SECONDARY ORES MINED FROM NEAR-SURFACE OPERATIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Smithsonite, Calamine, Cerrusite After Sulfides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite, Light To Dark Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite, Light To Dark Gray, Fine-Grained Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.7385, 36.4423

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Striking N 66 Deg W. Other Fractures In Mine Are Vertical And Strike N 45 Deg W On Average.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR (BROKAW)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tear Fault (Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer C. A. Harris, Sr.
Year of first production 1939
Production years 1939-1944

Mining district

District name Powell River Zinc And Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • MAHER (1958) STATES THAT ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM KINGS BEND AND BUNCH HOLLOW MINES WAS 800 TONS OF ZINC-LEAD CONCENTRATES.

Comments on the workings information

  • BROKAW STATES THAT THE TWO ORE SHOOTS HAVE VERTICAL DIMENSIONS GREATER THAN 100 FEET, AND EXTEND DOWNWARD TO THE THIRD LEVEL WHERE THE MAIN FAULT AND ORE BODIES TERMINATE AGAINST THE BEDDING OR A BEDDING-PLANE FAULT.

Comments on development

  • ONE CARLOAD CARBONATE ORE SHIPPED IN 1939; MAIN HOISTING SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1939, A CRUSHER AND JIG INSTALLED IN 1940, ANOTHER JIG IN 1941. A FLOTATION PLANT WAS INSTALLED DURING 1943-1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-C, 56 P.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MAHER, S. W., 1958, TENN. DIV. GEOL. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, 1966, USGS REPORT

  • Production

    BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 300 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BEDDING NEARLY HORIZONTAL; MINE IS ON CREST OF POWELL RIVER ANTICLINE. BROKAW STATES THAT MINERALS ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG SOUTH WALL OF VERTICAL FAULT AND THAT MOST OF ORE EXTENDS LESS THAN 3 FEET FROM THE FAULT. HE ALSO CONSIDERS THE FAULT AS THE CHANNEL FOR THE ORE SOLUTIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references