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Caldwell Mine

Past Producer in Union 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10025419
MRDS ID K001282
Record type Site
Current site name Caldwell Mine
Related records 10128983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.79907, 36.41926 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Union

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Zinc And Lead Carbonates After Respective Sulfides

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.79907, 36.41926
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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 Vertical Fault Through Workings Strikes N 75 Deg W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Powell River Zinc And Lead District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE REPORTEDLY SHIPPED TO OLD SMELTER AT CLINTON, TENNESSEE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS BELOW FULL-POOL LEVEL OF NORRIS LAKE, EXCEPT FOR A CAVED SHAFT.

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

    SAFFORD, J. M., 1869, GEOLOGY OF TENNESSEE; NASHVILLE, TENN., S. C. MERCER, 550 P.

  • Deposit

    1869 COMPILE SAFFORD; GEOLOGY OF TENN.; REPORT

  • 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 325 FT. BELOW BASE OF CHEPULTEPEC DOLOMITE. BROKAW STATES THAT "PIECES OF ORE ON DUMPS SHOWED VEINLETS OF SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND ASSOCIATED OXIDIZED MINERALS". ; 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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