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Kings Bend Mine

Producer in Claiborne county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025593
MRDS ID K001490
Record type Site
Current site name Kings Bend Mine
Alternate or previous names C. A. Harris Mine
Related records 10275334

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.6485, 36.50036 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE POWELL RIVER OPPOSITE KINGS BEND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middlesboro South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middlesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Claiborne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED GRADE OF ORE 15% SPHALERITE, 10% GALENA, 14% PYRITE (BROKAW)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolomite, Light-Gray, Crystalline Dolomite
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolomite, Light-Gray, Crystalline Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.6485, 36.50036
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Powell River Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Trending N 35 To 78 Deg E, N 55 Deg W, And A Nearly Horizontal Bedding Plane Fault Trending N 76 Deg W.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault & Associated Fractures (Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Production years LATE 1930'S TO EARLY 1940'S

Mining district

District name Powell River Zinc And Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Imperial Mining Co., C. H. Harris, Sr.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Swab Heirs

Comments on the production information

  • KINGS BEND AND BUNCH HOLLOW MINES ESTIMATED TO HAVE PRODUCED A TOTAL OF 800 TONS OF LEAD-ZINC CONCENTRATES.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT CONNECTS WITH A STOPE 125 FEET LONG AND 25 FEET WIDE ALONG A VERTICAL FAULT THAT TRENDS N 76 DEG W.

Comments on development

  • MINE REPORTEDLY (MAHER) OPERATED DURING LATE 1930'S & EARLY 1940'S. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL ADITS AND A

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROKAW, A. L., RODGERS, JOHN, KENT, D. F., LAURENCE, R. A., AND BEHRE, C. H. JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POWELL RIVER AREA, CLAIBORNE AND UNION COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-C, 56 P.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MAHER, S. W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP BROKAW, A.L., ET AL, REPORT

  • Production

    MAHER, S. W., 1958 TENN. DIV. GEOL. INF. CIR. NO. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 285 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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