East Gainesboro

Prospect in Jackson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Dolomite, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250969
MAS/MILS ID 0470870022
Record type Site
Current site name East Gainesboro

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.63495, 36.32679 (WGS84)
Elevation 215
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gainesboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.63495, 36.32679

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7M
    Length 1600M
    Width 1600M
    Area 200HA
    Depth to top 549M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 DOMELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 488
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 830201

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEFORMATION IN THE ORE ZONE IS SOLUTION COLLAPSE BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1978
Mining method Combined Methods
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION AREA COVERS APPROX. 1290 HECTARES AND IS HELD BY PRIVATE LEASES.

Mining district

District name Central Tennessee District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Getty Oil Co.
    Interest 84
    Home office California
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Zinc Development Corp.
    Interest 16
    Home office New York
    Year 1980

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE TENNESSEE ZINC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NEW YORK IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MITSUBISHI METAL CORPORATION OF TOKYO, JAPAN.
  • OWNER: TENNESSEE ZINC DEVELOPMENT CORP., (16%), SUBSID. OF MITSUBISHI METAL CORP. OWNER-OPERATOR: GETTY OIL CO., 84%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA IS OLD AND IN NEED OF UPDATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 554M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .33
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 2500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 7.57
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE; MIDDLE TENNESSEE ZINC; E&MJ, V. 180, NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, K.R. AND HILL, W.T.; THE ELMWOOD PROJECT;

  • Deposit

    MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 59, NO. 3, MARCH, 1973.

  • Deposit

    CALLAHAN, WILLIAM; THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZINC

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT AT ELMWOOD, TENNESSEE, CONCEPT AND CONSEQUENCE;

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 7, NOVEMBER, 1977.

  • Deposit

    KYLE, J. RICHARD; BRECCIATION, ALTERATION, AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT;

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 5, AUGUST, 1976.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, R.C. AND HOAGLAND, A.D.; PALEOKARST PHENOMENA AND

  • Deposit

    THE POST-KNOX UNCONFORMITY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE;

  • Deposit

    G.S.A. ABSTRACTS, ANNUAL MEETING, CIRCULAR 2, 1970.

  • Deposit

    STAGG, A.K. AND FISCHER, F.T.; UPPER KNOX STRATIGRAPHY OF

  • Deposit

    MIDDLE TENNESSEE; G.S.A. ABSTRACTS, ANNUAL MEETING,

  • Deposit

    CIRCULAR 2, 1970.

  • Deposit

    FISHER, F.T. AND HOAGLAND, A.D.; HYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    OF THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT; A.I.M.E. WORLD

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC SYMPOSIUM, OCTOBER 1970, VOL. 1.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, J.R., AND SCHARON, L.; SUCCESSFUL USE OF LANDSAT

  • Deposit

    IMAGERY FOR LEAD-ZINC EXPLORATION IN TENNESSEE AND

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY; COPY OF G.S.A. POSTER SESSION PAPER,

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL MEETING, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1978.

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION. GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP,

  • Deposit

    JACKSON COUNTY, 1973.

  • Deposit

    NELSON, J.E. AND D.R. BAKER. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF

  • Deposit

    A ZERO DISCHARGE ZINC CONCENTRATOR. MINING CONGRESS

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL VOL. 65, NO. 4, APRIL 1979, PP. 23-26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BASE DATA PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI UNDER FEDERAL UNDER FEDERAL BUR. OF MINES CONTRACT NO. J0199158. MINING SYSTEM, BENEFICIATION SYSTEM, COSTING AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS DEVELOPED ENTIRELY BY EFOC EVALUATORS. DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS ARE IDEALIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-95 Hrabik, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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