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Fall Branch Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025680
MRDS ID K001600
Record type Site
Current site name Fall Branch Zinc Mine
Related records 10227452

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.61403, 36.43925 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sullivan Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kingsport Formation, Dolomite-Limestone;Mascot Formation, Dolomite-Limestone
    Rock description Kingsport Formation, Dolomite-Limestone;Mascot Formation, Dolomite-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.61403, 36.43925
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veinets Or Irregular Masses Replacing Limestone Breccia Fragments

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED ORE IN CLAY OVERBURDEN. ORE LOCALIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1906
Production years 1906-1908

Mining district

District name Fall Branch Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Tennessee Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • MINE CLOSED DUE TO LITIGATION. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED WITH A GRADE OF 9.3% ZN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H. AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 450-466

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY INFO. CIRC. 6, 28 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1924 RECON SECRIST, M.H., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT

  • Production

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31

Reporter information

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

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