| Deposit ID | 10251351 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0470890005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Young, Immel, Coy, New Market |
| Alternate or previous names | Young |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.61299, 36.07649 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 308 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
New Market(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Holston(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Jefferson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | Tertiary |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chert | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -83.61299, 36.07649 |
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| Strike | N60E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 10N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 14M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 1800M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 30HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 212M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
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| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Mining method | Open Stope - Room and Pillar |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Mascot District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| ID | 4000168 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1977 |
| Year | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 820483 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 248770 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1974 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 755145 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 625254 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 668129 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 715200 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1978 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | 18,760 Mt Zn Recovered 870400 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | 11,369 Mt Zn Recovered 595600 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 36,579 Mt Zn Recovered 1726100 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 19,894 Mt Zn Recovered 1084300 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 20,101 Mt Zn Recovered 1004600 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | 18,991 Mt Zn Recovered 985700 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | 19,997 Mt Zn Recovered 1038700 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | 12,089 Mt Zn Recovered 573300 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | 14,850 Mt Zn Recovered 731700 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Description | Ore Milled 2586000 Mt |
| Year | 1994 |
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| Description | Ore Milled 2897000 Mt |
| Year | 1995 |
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| Description | Ore Milled 2909000 Mt |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 4698000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 4698000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 15000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470890005 | |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 4000168 |
1981 MSHA LIST
1995 ASARCO 10-K, PP17-21
1995 ASARCO 10-K, PP17-21
BOYLE,J.R. AND L. WILLIAMS. MINING METHODS AND PRACTICES AT THE YOUNG MINE, AMERICAN ZINC COMPANY OF TENNESSEE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BUMINES IC 8269, 1965, 27 PP.
CLEMENT,G.K.,L. AVERY, AND P.A.SEIBERT. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBBOOK. MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERALS EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. NTIS: PB 277 348/AS. DECEMBER, 1977, 375 PP.
CRAWFORD,J., AND A.D. HOAGLAND. THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE, AIME, V.1,1968, PP. 243-249.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. E & MJ INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF UNDERGROUND MINES. JUNE, 1978, PP. 80-81.
HARDEMAN,W.D. ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE. BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT, 1970, P. 10.
HARRIS,L.D. KINKSPORT FORMATION AND MASCOT DOLOMITE (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE. PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY RI 23, 1969, PP. 7-8.
HATCHER, R.D., AND G.D. SWINGLE. MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE NEW MARKET QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY MRS155-SE, 1973, P. 3.
LEAMON,A.R. MINE INVENTORY. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPORT, 1973, 2 PP.
LI,T.M. THE NEW LOOK AT ASARCO'S TENNESSEE MINES. MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 28, NO.5, 1976, PP. 37-44.
MAHER,S.W. THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY IC 6, 1958, P. 8.
MATHEWS,A.A., INC. MINE INTERVIEW REPORT, ASARCO YOUNG MINE AND MILL, MASCOT, TENNESSEE. PHASE 2 REPT., BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO. J0255026, VOL. I, 1976, 17 PP.
MCCORMICK,J.E., ET AT. GEOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN ZINC COMPANY'S YOUNG MINE. PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY RI 23, 1969, PP. 45-49.
MILICI,R.C. THE STRATIGRAPHY OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE. CH. IN GEOLOGY OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 70, 1973, PP. 10-19.
ODER,C.R.L. HOW AMERICAN ZINC'S TENNESSEE DMEA PROGRAM PROVED 34,000,000 TONS ORE. MINING WORLD, V.20, NO.7, JUNE 7, 1958, PP. 50-53.
ODER,C.R.L., AND J.E.RICKETS. GEOLOGY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY RI 12, 1961, PP. 3-10.
RAUSCH,D.O., F.M. STEPHENS, JR., AND B.C. MARIACHER (ED.). LEAD-ZINC UPDATE. AIME, 1977, PP. 21-28, 131-142, 149-156.
RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE STONE BYPRODUCT IS LIMESTONE, WHICH IS SOLD AS AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE, SAND, AND HIGHWAY AGGREGATE. PROPERTY UPDATED OCT 1987 IMMEL 0470930001 AND COY 0470890003 ARE INCLUDED/1996 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 21-OCT-96 | Drescher, Theodore A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Active since 01/19/2007 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 4000168 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Young Mine |
| Current operator | Crucible ETN LLC |
| Current controller (parent) | Korea Zinc Co Ltd |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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