| Deposit ID | 10226595 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001175 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0470930001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Immel |
| Related records | 10025335 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.70179, 36.06699 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 271 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Knox(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mascot(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 | Knox |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | Tertiary |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chert | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Jasper | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -83.70179, 36.06699 |
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| Strike | N60E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 20S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 11M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 110M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 494M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1953 |
| Mining method | Open Stope - Room and Pillar |
| Year of first production | 1968 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Mascot District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| ID | 4000170 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1977 |
| Year | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 547966 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 150284 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1974 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 519642 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 466016 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 476140 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Crude Zinc Ore 529234 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1978 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 14,477 Mt Zn Recovered 615700 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 9,802 Mt Zn Recovered 439300 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 14,489 Mt Zn Recovered 643100 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 15,360 Mt Zn Recovered 691900 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 16,835 Mt Zn Recovered 717400 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 17,306 Mt Zn Recovered 736500 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 20,365 Mt Zn Recovered 892100 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 7,900 Mt Zn Recovered 346200 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 14,552 Mt Zn Recovered 614800 Mt Ore Milled | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 506M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470930001 | |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 4000170 |
BOYLE,J.R. AND L. WILLIAMS. MINING METHODS AND PRACTICES AT THE YOUNG MINE, AMERICAN ZINC COMPANY OF TENNESSEE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BUMINES IC 8269, 1965, 27 PP.
CLEMENT,G.K.,L. AVERY, AND P.A.SEIBERT. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK. MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERALS EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. NTIS: PB 277 348/AS. DECEMBER, 1977, 375 PP.
CRAWFORD,J., AND A.D. HOAGLAND. THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE, AIME, V.1,1968, PP. 243-249.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. E & MJ INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF UNDERGROUND MINES. JUNE, 1978, PP. 80-81.
HARDEMAN,W.D. ZINC AND COPPER MINES IN TENNESSEE. BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT, 1970, P. 10.
HARRIS,L.D. KINKSPORT FORMATION AND MASCOT DOLOMITE (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE. PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY RI 23, 1969, PP. 7-8.
HATCHER, R.D., AND G.D. SWINGLE. MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE NEW MARKET QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY MRS155-SE, 1973, P. 3.
LEAMON.A.R. MINE INVENTORY. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPORT, 1973, 2 PP.
LI,T.M. THE NEW LOOK AT ASARCO'S TENNESSEE MINES. MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 28, NO.5, 1976, PP. 37-44.
MAHER,S.W. THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY IC 6, 1958, P. 8.
MATHEWS,A.A., INC. MINE INTERVIEW REPORT, ASARCO YOUNG MINE AND MILL, MASCOT, TENNESSEE. PHASE 2 REPT., BUMINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO. JO255D26, VOL. I, 1976, 17 PP.
MCCORMICK,J.E., ET AT. GEOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN ZINC COMPANY'S YOUNG MINE. PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY RI 23, 1969, PP. 45-49.
MILICI,R.C. THE STRATIGRAPHY OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE. CH. IN GEOLOGY OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 70, 1973, PP. 10-19.
ODER,C.R.L. HOW AMERICAN ZINC'S TENNESSEE DMEA PROGRAM PROVED 34,000,000 TONS ORE. MINING WORLD, V.20, NO.7, JUNE 7, 1958, PP. 50-53.
ODER,C.R.L., AND J.E.RICKETS. GEOLOGY OF THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY RI 12, 1961, PP. 3-10.
RAUSCH,D.O., F.M. STEPHENS, JR., AND B.C. MARIACHER (ED.). LEAD-ZINC UPDATE. AIME, 1977, PP. 21-28, 131-142, 149-156.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE STONE BYPRODUCT IS LIMESTONE, WHICH IS SOLD AS AGRICUL- TURAL LIMESTONE, SAND, AND HIGHWAY AGGREGATE. PROPERTY UPDATED OCT 1987 SEE YOUNG, IMMEL, COY, NEW MARKET 0470890005 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 21-OCT-96 | Hrabik, J. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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| Status | Active since 10/29/2007 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 4000170 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Immel Mine |
| Current operator | Crucible ETN LLC |
| Current controller (parent) | Korea Zinc Co Ltd |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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