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Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281307
MRDS ID W031394
MAS/MILS ID 0470890006
Record type Site
Current site name Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names Davis-Bible, Zinc Mines Works
Related records 10080280

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAME DAVIS-BIBLE. SHOWS THIS AS UNDERGROUND ON DATA BASE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.49569, 36.10979 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.49569, 36.10979
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 10E
    Thickness 2.4M
    Length 4938M
    Width 1646M
    Area 100HA
    Depth to top 274M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N25E:10E
    Minimum Depth to Top 18
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 830510

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE THIRD TYPE OF DEFORMATION IS SOLUTION-COLLAPSE. THE INSITU ROCK DENSITY IS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.8 GRAMS PER CUBIC CENTIMETER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1926
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1930
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Steel Corp.
    ID 4000607
    Interest 100
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Description Crude Zinc Ore 519000 Mt Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 519000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Crude Zinc Ore 526000 Mt Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 526000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Crude Zinc Ore 292000 Mt Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 292000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Crude Zinc Ore 370000 Mt Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 370000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Crude Zinc Ore 519000 Mt Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 519000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Crude Zinc Ore 495000 Mt Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 495000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 17,574 Mt Zn Recovered 505100 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 505100mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 17,996 Mt Zn Recovered 541900 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 541900mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 15,288 Mt Zn Recovered 407400 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 15288mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 6,260 Mt Zn Recovered 155700 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 6260mt
  • Year 1984
    Description 17,465 Mt Zn Recovered 498500 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 498500mt
  • Year 1985
    Description 16,746 Mt Zn Recovered 475800 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 475800mt
  • Year 1986
    Description 16,103 Mt Zn Recovered 449300 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 449300mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING. PRODUCTION DATA FROM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES AS OF JAN 1, 1987.
  • 86 BROOK-HUNT DATA DATA IS OLD AND IN NEED OF UPDATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 274M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 3.2
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 488
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2177
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.77
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA DISTURBED IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 10 HECTARES FOR THE MINE AND MILL AND 90 HECTARES FOR THE TAILINGS AREAS, FOR A TOTAL OF 100 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOYLE, J. R., AND WILLIAMS, LLOYD, 1965, MINING METHODS AND PRACTICES AT THE YOUNG MINE, AMERICAN ZINC CO. OF TENNESSEE, JEF COUNTY, TENN.: U. S. BUR. MINES INF. CIRC. 8269, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    BRIDGE, JOSIAH, 1956, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE, U. S. GEOL. SURVEY PROF. PAPER 277 AND 61.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, JOHNSON, AND HOAGLAND, A. D., 1968, THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED 1933 - 1967: AM. INST. MINING, METALL., AND PETROLEUM ENGINE V. 1, P. 243 - 249.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, JOHNSON, FULWEILER, R. E., AND MILLER, H. W., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY'S JEFFERSON CITY MINE PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN GEOLOGY REPT. INVS. 23, P. 69 - 71.

  • Deposit

    ELLIS, E.E.; UNIVERSAL EXPLORATION COMPANIES OPERATIONS IN EAST TENNESSEE. THE MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, JUNE, 1931, PP. 305-310.

  • Deposit

    HARDEMAN, W. D., 1970, ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE: US BUR. MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, L. D., 1969, KINGSPORT FORMATION AND MASCOT DOLOMITE ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE IN PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDIVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INVS. 23,

  • Deposit

    HATCHER, R. D., JR., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE JEFFERSON CITY QUADRANGLE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY GM 163-SW.

  • Deposit

    HILL, W.T., J.E. MCCORMICK, HELMUTH WEDOW, JR. PROBLEMS ON THE ORIGIN OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER ORDOVICIAN FORMATIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 66, NO. 5, AUGUST, 1971, PP. 799-804.

  • Deposit

    KEISER, H.D.; CRUSHED STONE AND ORE DRESSING PLANT - A PROFITABLE COMBINATION. E&MJ, V.132, NO.6, 1931 PP.4-7.

  • Deposit

    LEAMON, A. R., 1973, MINE INVENTORY: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY OPEN REPORT.

  • Deposit

    LI, T. M., 1976, THE NEW LOOK AT ASARCO'S TENNESSEE MINES IN ENGINEERING: SOC. MINING ENGINEERS, V. 28, NO. 5, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DI GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 4 AND 8.

  • Deposit

    MILICI, R. C., 1973, THE STRATIGRAPHY OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNES GEOLOGY OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 10 - 19.

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE 1978

  • Deposit

    ODER, C. R. L., AND RICKETTS, J. E., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY INVS. 12, P. 7 - 8 AND 10, AND PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    SWINGLE, G. D., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE JEFFERSON CITY QUADRANGLE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 163-SW, P. 3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAP NAME IS JEFFERSON CITY. PROPERTY UPDATED SEPT 1987

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-97 Wilburn, David R. 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 04/14/1997
MSHA mine ID4000607
Mine name (MSHA)MOSSY CREEK MINING, LLC
Current operatorMossy Creek Mining Llc
Current controller (parent)Hugh J Moser III
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • U.S. Steel Corp. — now part of United States Steel Corporation (2024)
    Mining operations largely divested over the late 20th century; the broader U.S. Steel entity was acquired by Nippon Steel in 2024 (mining footprint is now minimal).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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