Elmwood Zinc Mine No. 2 Shaft

Producer in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026426
MRDS ID K005048
Record type Site
Current site name Elmwood Zinc Mine No. 2 Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -85.95244, 36.25501 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carthage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DATA FROM W. D. HARDEMAN, U. S. B. M., NASHVILLE, TN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -85.95244, 36.25501

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discoverer New Jersey Zinc Co.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jersey - Miniere Zinc Co.

Comments on the production information

  • OPENED 1975; CONCENTRATOR FEED CAPACITY 3000 TPD.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRODUCTION SHAFT

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-76 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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