Big War Creek

Prospect in Hancock county in Tennessee, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202276
MAS/MILS ID 0470670020
Record type Site
Current site name Big War Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.22488, 36.43198 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(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 Tennessee Hancock

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.22488, 36.43198

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 37E
    Thickness 64M
    Length 8000M
    Width 640M
    Area 170HA
    Depth to top 220M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #3 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N60E:37E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 170
    Date of Last Modification 800922

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1950
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Copper Ridge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co., Div. Of Gulf And Western
    Interest 100
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY = 96.5%.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 2136000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2136000mt ore
    Total resources 2136000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA IS OLD AND IN NEED OF UPDATE.
  • OWNED BY THE NEW JERSEY ZINC CO., A DIV. OF GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES. 31.JULY.79 10K REPORT SHOWS 2,355,000 ST @ 4.4% ZN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 440M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Number of Shafts 1
    Number of Inclines 1
    Number of Adits 1
    Capacity 1089
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 8.27
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    BAKER, D. R., AND J. E. NELSON. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION

  • Production

    OF A ZERO DISCHARGE ZINC CONCENTRATOR. MINING CONGRESS

  • Production

    JOURNAL, APRIL 1979, P. 2326.

  • Production

    DAYTON, STANLEY H., ED. REVOLUTIONARY THICKENER DESIGN

  • Production

    TACKLES HEAVY FLOW OF ZINC MINE TAILINGS. ENGINEERING

  • Production

    AND MINING JOURNAL, APRIL 1978, PP. 78-79.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. FORM 10-K. JULY 1979,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 32, JULY 1978, P. 27, JULY 1977, P. 7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-96 D R S U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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