Jersey Miniere Gordonsville Project

Past Producer in Smith 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227353
MAS/MILS ID 0471590030
Record type Site
Current site name Jersey Miniere Gordonsville Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -85.95686, 36.19199 (WGS84)
Elevation 171

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gordonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -85.95686, 36.19199

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Jersey Miniere Zinc Co.
    ID 4002381
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-34-79

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 4/22/80.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL (SURF. NO. 2), SEQ. NO. 0471599004

  • Deposit

    # AND CONCENTRATOR, SEQ. NO. 0471599003.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/11/1980
MSHA mine ID4002381
Mine name (MSHA)Gordonsville Project
Current operatorJersey Miniere Zinc Company
Current controller (parent)Union Miniere S A
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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