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Dry Branch Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Unicoi county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025272
MRDS ID K000977
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Branch Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names Mcnabb Mine, Dry Branch West Mine
Related records 10300399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.50042, 36.1462 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF COVE ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF DRY BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Unicoi

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.50042, 36.1462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Northeast Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME DOLOMITE ON DUMP HAS CONSIDERABLE SULFIDES, GALENA PREDOMINATING OVER SPHALERITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1928-1932

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the production information

  • MAY HAVE PRODUCED OXIDIZED LEAD.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 500 FT LONG, NOW CAVED.

Comments on development

  • ADIT DRIVEN INTO HILL TO ORE BODY TO TEST DRILLING DONE DURING 1926-1927. MINE OPERATED 1928-1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J., REPOR

  • Production

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA AROUND MINE HAS PROMISE FOR SULFIDE ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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