| Deposit ID | 10276059 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0470890026 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chucky Pike |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.45269, 36.12369 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 366 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jefferson City(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 |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chert | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Jasper | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -83.45269, 36.12369 |
|---|
| Strike | N60E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 20S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 5.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1953 |
| Mining method | Open Stope - Room and Pillar |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Mascot District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | New Jersey Zinc Co., Div. Of Gulf And Western |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Tennessee |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 263000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 263000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 263000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 250M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470890026 |
GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. FORM 10-K. JULY 1977, P.8
BOYLE, J.R. AND L. WILLIAMS. MINING METHODS AND PRACTICES
AT THE YOUNG MINE, AMERICAN ZINC COMPANY OF TENNESSEE,
JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BUMINES IC8269, 1965, 27PP
CLEMENT, G.K., R.L. MILLER, L. AVERY, AND P.A. SEIBERT. CAP-
ITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK.
MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC
MINERALS EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND
CANADA. BUMINES OFR10-78. DECEMBER 1977, 384 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.
LI, T.M. THE NEW LOOK AT ASARCO'S TENNESSEE MINES. MINING
ENGINEERING, VOL. 28, NO. 5, 1976, PP. 37-44.
MATHEWS, A.A., INC. MINE INTERVIEW REPORT, ASARCO YOUNG
MINE AND MILL, MASCOT, TENNESSEE. PHASE 2 REPORT, BU-
MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO.
J0255026, VOL. I, 1976, 17 PP.
ODER, C.R.L., AND J.E. RICKETS. GEOLOGY OF THE MASCOT-JEFF-
ERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV.
GEOLOGY RI12, 1961, PP. 3-10.
--. 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.
RAUSCH, D.O., F.M. STEPHENS, JR., AND R.C. MARIACHER(ED.).
LEAD-ZINC UPDATE. AIME, 1977, PP. 21-28, 131-142, 149-
156.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 19-APR-93 | Hrabik, J. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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