Tenn. Zn & Pb Co. Shafts Nos. 3 & 4

Past Producer in Unicoi 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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202477
MAS/MILS ID 0471710057
Record type Site
Current site name Tenn. Zn & Pb Co. Shafts Nos. 3 & 4

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.49986, 36.14789 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(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 Unicoi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.49986, 36.14789

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, JOHN, TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 54, 1948, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS TENNESSEE ZINC AND LEAD COMPANY AS OF 1948.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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