Central Tennessee Zinc District

Producer in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001735
MRDS ID W019004
Record type District
Current site name Central Tennessee Zinc District
Alternate or previous names Elmwood Mine and Various Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.19997, 36.60008 (WGS84)
Relative position ALSO IN 15 OTHER COUNTIES. Found North Central Tennessee and found what looked like a mining operation and approximated the location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westmoreland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bowling Green(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Barren(hydrologic unit)

Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Green(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.19997, 36.60008

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description NASHVILLE DOME TO THE SW.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • COLLAPSE BRECCIA STRUCTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer New Jersey Zinc
Year of first production 1975

Mining district

District name CENTRAL TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NEW JERSEY ZINC
  • Type Operator
    Owner NEW JERSEY ZINC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC MAHON, A. D. ET AL, 1974, THE U. S. ZINC INDUSTRY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; U.S. BU MINES INFO CIRC. 8629 P. 26

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1969, CARTHAGE TREND; WORLD MINING 2 - 69 P. 29, 39

Beyond USGS

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