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Osborn Mine

Past Producer in Russell county in Virginia, 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106190
MRDS ID W031331
Record type Site
Current site name Osborn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.26402, 36.79925 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 3.4 KM (2.1 MI) NORTH OF TUMBEZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moll Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Russell

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE, NOT FIELD CHECKED. ABOUT 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NNW FROM END OF PRIVATE ROAD, 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) BY ROAD ENE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 679, 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 678 ALONG COPPER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCENTRATION OF GALENA DECREASED WITH DEPTH, WHILE SPHALERITE INCREASED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Greenockite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Ores

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nolichucky Shale;Maryville Limestone
    Rock description Nolichucky Shale;Maryville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.26402, 36.79925
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Cree Fault, Copper Ridge Syncline

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 75 DEG. E
    Dip 45 DEG. SE.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1899

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lacy-Butler Co.

Comments on the production information

  • L.D. CRAWFORD SHIPPED 7 CARLOADS OF ORE AROUND 1900 AND ST. JOSEPH LEAD AND ZINC CO. SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD IN 1928.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A LARGE OPEN PIT AND SEVERAL TUNNELS AND DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • L.D. CRAWFORD OPENED AROUND 1899, THEN OPTIONED IT TO THE BERTHA MINERAL CO. AFTER 6 MONTHS, L.D. CRAWFORD RE-ASSUMED THE OPTION AND WORKED THE MINE. AT A LATER DATE, H.H. KAYLOR WORKED THE MINE FOR LEAD AND ZINC. IN 1926, ST. JOSEPH LEAD AND ZINC PROSPECTED THE PROPERTY WITH 7 DIAMOND-BIT EXPLORATORY HOLES AND SHIPPED ONE CARLOAD OF OAR. FROM 1930 ON, THE PROPERTY WAS NOT WORKED UNTIL 1940 WHEN THE LACY-BUTLER CO. CONCENTRATED ZINC-LEAD CARBONATE ORE FROM THE DUMPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARTIN, A.J., 1941, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES (MINE REPORT) IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK REVIEW OF 1940: P. 315-324.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, H.P., 1938, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RUSSELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 49, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    1899 DIREXPL L.D. CRAWFORD: OPENED MINE

  • Deposit

    1900 DIREXPL BERTHA MINERAL CO.: OPERATED MINE

  • Deposit

    1940 DIREXPL LACY-BUTLER CO.: MILLED DUMP MATERIALS

  • Production

    WOODWARD (1938), MARTIN (1941)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MASS OF CARBONATE ORE AT A DEPTH OF 183 M BELOW THE SURFACE (WOODWARD, 1938, P. 68).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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