Gordonsville Concentrator

Plant in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226837
MAS/MILS ID 0471599003
Record type Site
Current site name Gordonsville Concentrator

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -85.95686, 36.19199 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gordonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -85.95686, 36.19199

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Jersey Miniere Zinc Co.
    ID 4002382

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    1979 E & MJ DIRECTORY PAGE 212

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 4/22/80.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/05/1980
MSHA mine ID4002382
Mine name (MSHA)Gordonsville Surface And Mill
Current operatorJersey Miniere Zinc Company
Current controller (parent)Union Miniere S A
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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