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Kimberlin Lead Mine

Past Producer in Sevier county in Tennessee, United States with commodity 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025739
MRDS ID K001674
Record type Site
Current site name Kimberlin Lead Mine
Related records 10178509

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.74183, 35.91426 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTHEAST SIDE OF WATER GAP AT NORTHEAST END OF WHITTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boyds Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sevier

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE; ACCORDING TO A MR. HERNDON, THE MINE IS JUST LEFT OF A NEWLY-SURVEYED (MARCH, 1964) PROPERTY LINE RUNNING FROM THE NEW ROAD UP THE RIDGE CREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.74183, 35.91426
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1787
Discoverer Jacob Kimberlin
Year of first production 1787
Production years LATE 1700'S - EARLY 1800'S

Comments on development

  • ACCORDING TO RAMSEY (1926), "JACOB KIMBERLIN FOUND LEAD, AND FURNISHED IT TO THE INHABITANTS. IT WAS FOUND SOUTH OF FRENCH BROAD, NOT FAR FROM GAP CREEK, ON THE FARM NOW OWNED BY JEREMIAH JOHNSON, ESQ.".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMSEY, J.G.M., 1926, THE ANNALS OF TENNESSEE; KINGSPORT PRESS, KINGSPORT, TENN., 2ND ED., P. 376

  • Production

    RAMSEY, J.G.M., 1926, THE ANNALS OF TENNESSEE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS OCCURRENCE, LIKE OTHERS IN THE ROME FORMATION IN EAST TENNESSEE, IS VERY LOCAL IN NATURE BUT THE RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD PRESENT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE LOCAL SETTLERS DURING THE LATE 1700'S AND EARLY 1800'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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