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Shiloh

Prospect in Hawkins county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202386
MAS/MILS ID 0470730004
Record type Site
Current site name Shiloh
Alternate or previous names Ledford Property, Ledford Zinc Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.09927, 36.48728 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hawkins(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camelot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hawkins

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.09927, 36.48728
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 14.2M
    Length 457M
    Width 91M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 168M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N60E:45E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 800923

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Copper Ridge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1980
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Undetermined Ownership
    Interest 50
    Year 1980

Comments on the ownership information

  • SHILOH WAS OWNED BY JIM LEDFORD PRIOR TO 1941. THE LEDFORD TRACT (117 ACRES), ALONG WITH SOME CONTIGUOUS TRACTS WAS SOLD TO U.S. EXPLORATION COMPANY (U.S. STEEL). NEW JERSEY ZINC PURCHASED 55.2 ACRES OF THE LEDFORD TRACT IN 1958.

Comments on the production information

  • EXACT MILL RECOVERY EQUALS 96.5 PERCENT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Measured 214000mt ore
    Indicated 156000mt ore
    Demonstrated 370000mt ore
    Inferred 181000mt ore
    Total resources 551000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 3.69 wt-pct Zinc Major 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 91000mt ore
    Demonstrated 91000mt ore
    Total resources 91000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7 wt-pct Zinc Major 1978

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1961M
    Overall depth 335M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 43
    Slope of Inclines 45
    Number of Inclines 18
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 213
    Number of Adits 4
    Capacity 181
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.71
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TYLER, PAUL M. 1943. THE LEDFORD PROPERTY. WAR MINERALS

  • Reserve-Resource

    REPORT. REGIONAL FILE NO. E-444, PP. 20.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. FORM 10-K. JULY 31,1977 P7

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    ODER, C.R.L. AND JAMES RICKETTS. 1961. GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. RI 12

  • Deposit

    STATE OF TENNESSEE, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY.

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, MARK H. 1924. ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE

  • Deposit

    BULL.31. STATE OF TENNESSEE, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY. P. 165

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-93 Hartos U.S. Bureau of Mines

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