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New Prospect Mine

Past Producer in Union county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Cadmium
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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. 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 10025409
MRDS ID K001272
Record type Site
Current site name New Prospect Mine
Alternate or previous names Leadmine Bend
Related records 10184465

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.84046, 36.39787 (WGS84)
Elevation 323
Relative position 0.4 MI. NW STINER CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ausmus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(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)

Federal lands

Other Federal Agencies(Department)

Department UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Greenockite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Analytical data

Result DRILLING INDICATED THAT THE BLOCK OF ORE HAD AN AVERAGE ZN CONTENT OF 0.85%, WHEREAS THE 5*FT*WIDE BLOCK AT THE MINE WALL HAD AN AVERAGE ZINC CONTENT OF 2.55% THROUGHOUT ITS 200-FT. LENGTH (BROKAW).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nolichucky Shale Member Of Maynardville Limestone
    Rock description Nolichucky Shale Member Of Maynardville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.84046, 36.39787
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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 Mine Is On East Side Of Leadmine Bend Dome.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR RECTANGULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 5 DEG E
    Thickness 15.85M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic; Fractures (According To Brokaw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Discoverer Peter E. Blow
Year of first production 1883
Production years 1869-1903, 1916-1918, 1939-1943

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Blow

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1916 - 1918
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Concentrates, 50 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 50wt-pct
  • Year 1943
    Period 1939 - 1943
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Hand-Picked Ore, 23.7 % Zn, 1 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Zinc Zinc 24wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES INCLUDE TAILINGS PILES, DUMPS, AREA SOUTH OF SOUTH WALL, AND ROOF BLOCK ABOVE MINE. FUTURE MINING MUST BE BY OPEN CUT METHODS BECAUSE OF REMOVAL OF PILLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 169.16M
    Overall length 128.02M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH OF 65 FT. TO FLOOR OF CUT WHERE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS BEGIN, DOWNSLOPE INTO HILLSIDE.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION DURING 1940 TO 1943 WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY FROM THE PILLARS. ; ECON.COM: REMOVAL OF PILLARS (SEE L110) MAKES FUTURE UNDERGROUND MINING IMPRACTICABLE.

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: USGS BULL. 1222-C, 55 P.

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M. H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 31, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    PURDUE, A. H., 1912, THE ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 14, 69 P.

  • Deposit

    LAURENCE, R.A., 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE NEW PROSPECT MINE: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, INTERNAL REPORT, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    1869 COMPILE SAFFORD, J. M.; RES. OF TENN.

  • Deposit

    1912 COMPILE PURDUE, A. H.; TENN. GEOL. SUR.; RPT.

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST, M. H.; TENN. DIV. GEOL.; RPT

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BROKAW, A. L., ET AL, 1966, USGS BULL. 1222-C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1100 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BED THAT FORMS FLOOR OF MINE IS APPROX. 200 FT. ABOVE BASE OF MAYNARDVILLE. ORE MINERALS OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS OF DOLOMITE AND AS FISSURE FILLINGS ALONG MINOR FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES. SOME OCCUR AS MASSES 3-4 INCHES THICK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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