| Deposit ID | 10102261 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001178 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | New Market Zinc Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Asarco New Market Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.56489, 36.08203 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 341 |
| Relative position | 1.75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW MARKET AND 2000 FEET SOUTH OF NEW HOPE CHURCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
New Market(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Holston(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Jefferson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SPHALERITE GRADE - 3.0% |
|---|
| Model code | 228 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 32b |
| Deposit model name | Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| Mark3 model number | 42 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Lst | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -83.56489, 36.08203 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Collapse - Breccia Structures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N24E |
| Dip | 03W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1964 |
| Production years | 1964 - 1972 |
| District name | Mascot-Jefferson City Zinc District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Home office | Mascot, Tn. |
| Year | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1964 - 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ZN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^3 % Sphalerite | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 548.94M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001178 |
WEDOW, HELMUTH AND OTHERS, 1968, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580
TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1969, PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, 90 P.
1950 OTHER ODER AND HOOKS, REPORT
1950 RECON BROKAW, A., REPORT
MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M., MANUSCRIPT
1956 GEOLMAP BRIDGE, J., REPORT
1968 COMPILE WEDOW, H., REPORT
1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV., GEOLOGY INVENTORY
TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AVERAGE DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZATION (IN METERS): DEPTH 464, LENGTH 1830, WIDTH 457, THICKNESS 055. |
| Deposit | EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY - SEE U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 580 AND TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Fagan, James M. | Tennessee Valley Authority | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Sutphin, David M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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