Little Polly Hollow

Past Producer in Washington county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129310
MRDS ID K000885
MAS/MILS ID 0471790023
Record type Site
Current site name Little Polly Hollow
Related records 10025199

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -82.49566, 36.15569 (WGS84)
Elevation 564
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -82.49566, 36.15569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DI

  • Deposit

    LOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS

  • Deposit

    UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOG

  • Deposit

    54, P. 65.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references