Copper Ridge District

Past Producer in Grainger 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. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000886
MRDS ID K002905
Record type Deposit
Current site name Copper Ridge District
Alternate or previous names Flat Gap District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.34, 36.471 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hancock(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swan Island(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 Grainger
United States Tennessee Hawkins
United States Tennessee Hancock
United States Tennessee Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.34, 36.471

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name COPPER RIDGE DISTRICT
District name FLAT GAP DISTRICT
District name East Tennessee zinc district
District name Mascot-Jefferson City zinc district

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCKNIGHT, E.T., NEWMAN, W.L., AND HEYL, A.V., JR. (COMPILERS), 1962, ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII: USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCE MAP MR-19, SEPARATE TEXT, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. OF GEOL. BULL. 31, P. 80-96.

Beyond USGS

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