Powell River Zinc & Lead Mine

Past Producer in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Cadmium, Iron, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178808
MRDS ID K001628
MAS/MILS ID 0470250010
Record type Site
Current site name Powell River Zinc & Lead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -83.7916, 36.41679 (WGS84)
Elevation 360

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ausmus(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
Cadmium Secondary
Iron Secondary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -83.7916, 36.41679

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. KOO1628

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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