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Gordonsville-Elmwood

Producer in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Germanium, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251007
MRDS ID K005052
MAS/MILS ID 0471590001
Record type Site
Current site name Gordonsville-Elmwood
Alternate or previous names Elmwood-Gordonsville Mine
Related records 10026430

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -85.93436, 36.19699 (WGS84)
Elevation 170
Location accuracy 10(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
Germanium Critical Primary
Limestone, General Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken 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

Plant (1) -85.93436, 36.19699
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 01E
    Thickness 9.1M
    Length 9000M
    Width 9000M
    Area 50HA
    Depth to top 434M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00E:01E
    Minimum Depth to Top 305
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 860218

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OTHER DEFORMATION INDICATED IS BRECCIA COLLAPSE. BRECCIA IS LIMESTONE OR DOLOMITE.
  • AMOUNT OF SPHALERITE IS AT 75% PROBABILITY LEVEL. AMOUNT OF CALCITE (LIMESTONE) DETERMINED BY DIFFERENCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1967
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1975
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Central Tennessee District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Savage Zinc Inc.
    ID 4001627
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Union Zinc Corp.; (Owner Of Jersey Miniere Zinc Co.)
    ID 4000864
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1978
    Last year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Miniere,S. A.;(Owner Of Union Zinc Corp.)
    ID 4000864
    Home office Belgium
    Year 1985
    Last year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Zinc, Inc. (Jmz Is A Division Of Union Zinc)
    ID 4000864
    Interest 100
    Year 1985
    Last year 1995

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Description 7,152 Mt Zn Recovered 243500 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 243500mt 7152MT
  • Year 1976
    Description 16,690 Mt Zn Recovered 481800 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 481800mt 16690MT
  • Year 1977
    Description 17,794 Mt Zn Recovered 612700 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 612700mt 17794MT
  • Year 1978
    Description 17,952 Mt Zn Recovered 611200 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 611200mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 19,923 Mt Zn Recovered 610400 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 19923mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 21,947 Mt Zn Recovered 696900 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 21947mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 21,112 Mt Zn Recovered 717100 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 21112mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 34,261 Mt Zn Recovered 1158400 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 34261mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 44,112 Mt Zn Recovered 1379400 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 44112mt
  • Year 1984
    Description 35,445 Mt Zn Recovered 1150900 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 35445mt
  • Year 1985
    Description 44,064 Mt Zn Recovered 1427800 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 44064mt
  • Year 1986
    Description 43,770 Mt Zn Recovered 1428200 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 43770mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Ore Milled 1511061 Mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE ACTUAL PERCENT RECOVERY OF PRODUCT B IS 99.8%; FOR PRO- DUCT C (WASTE) RECOVERY IS BASED ON LIMESTONE IN THE ORE AND IS 13.17%. THE TOTAL RECOVERY IS THEREFORE GREATER THAN 100%.
  • GANGUE IS LIMESTONE SO WASTE (PC) AND TAILINGS FROM ZN FLOTATION (PB) ARE REPORTED HAVING A GRADE OF 100%. PRODUCT B IS SOLD AS AGRICULTURAL LIME AND PRODUCTION AVERAGES 8273 MTPD FOR THE 3 OR 4 DAYS PER WEEK OF PLANT OPERATION. COMPANY FLOWSHEET INDICATES CRUSHING CAPACITY FOR WASTE ROCK OF 1500 STPD, WHICH = 1360 MTPD. CURRENT PRODUCTION IS 750 STPD OR 680 MTPD AND IS PRODUCT C.
  • LENGTH & WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION ARE ESTIMATES. COMPANY STATES THAT MINERALIZATION LIES UNDER 20000 ACRES. 1975 - 1986 PRODUCTION FROM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISICS

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 20900000mt ore
    Total resources 20900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 3.2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1996
    Germanium Ge 0.0002 wt-pct Germanium Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HAS SAME GEOG. COORD. AS SEQ NO.047 159 0006. MINERALOGICAL ECORD, JULY - AUG 1978 REFERS TO SEPARATE ELMWOOD AND GORDONSVILLE MINES. 7/31/79 10K RPT. SHOWS THE ELMWOOD MINE IS PRODUCING AND THE ADJACENT GORDONSVILLE AND STONEWALL MINES ARE BEING DEVELOPED.RESERVES ARE GIVEN FOR ALL THREE MINES.
  • 86 BROOK-HUNT DATA/PAH 1988 REPORT
  • GRADE DETERMINED FROM INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM COMPANY (ST X 1000000): MEASURED 2.5 ST @3.25% ZN, INDICATED 23.8 ST @ 3.73% ZN & INFERRED 6.0 ST @ 2.58% ZN AS OF 6-30-85. GRADE @ 75% PROB. LEV. = 3.684% ZN; CACO3 % BY DIFFERENCE. 10K FROM GULF & WESTERN (1979) REPORTED 26534000 MT ORE AT 3.6% ZN. (WAS REPORTED ON RESERVE DATA SET IN 12-19-80.) CUT OFF GRADE FOR TONNAGE ESTIMATES BY COMPANY IS 1.5% ZINC. THE RESERVES ARE LIMITED BY PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39666M
    Overall depth 405M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 11.1
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 5
    Length of Inclines (m) 2377
    Slope of Inclines 10
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 35265
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 5440
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.15
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING DISTRICT IS THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE, MANAGING EDITOR, ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL,

  • Deposit

    JERSEY MINIERE PLANS GROWTH AT ELMWOOD-GORDONSVILLE MINE,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1979, PAGE 66.

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZE, JOHN F., GORDONSVILLE CONCENTRATOR REPLACES ELM-

  • Deposit

    WOOD PRODUCTION FOR JERSEY MINIERE ZINC CO., E. & M.J.,

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 1983, PAGE 73.

  • Deposit

    KEARNS, LANCE E., AND HOWARD CAMPELL III. THE ELMWOOD AND

  • Deposit

    GORDONSVILLE ZINC MINES NEAR CARTHAGE, TENNESSEE. THE

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGICAL RECORD, JULY-AUGUST, 1978, PP. 213-218.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, R.A. THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 74, 1974 P. 19.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.W., JR. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GORDONSVILLE QUAD-

  • Deposit

    RANGLE, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY MRS 322-

  • Deposit

    NW, 1976.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.W., JR., L.C. TAYLOR, AND R.A. MANNING. MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE GORDONSVILLE QUADRANGLE,

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY MRS 322-NW,

  • Deposit

    1976, PP. 2-3.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONGRESS JOURNAL, MARCH, 1973, PP. 19-24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS BASED ON A PROFILE EVALUFILE REPORT, OCTOBER 1978, BY J.A. HRABIK & C.P. MISHRA, FORMERLY WITH THE EFOC OF THE BUREAU OF MINES. ON THE EQUIPMENT DATA SET: TWO SHIFTS ARE WORKED IN THE MINE AND IT IS ASSUMED THAT, DUE TO TIME REQUIRED TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE WORK PLACE AND TIME FOR BREAKS, ONLY 6.5 HRS PER SHIFT ARE AVAILABLE FOR EQUIPMENT OPERATION; THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO 13 HRS. PER DAY. THIS IS AN ESTIMATE OF THE TIME THE EQUIPMENT COULD BE OPERATED BASED ON MAN-HOURS AVAILABLE; BUT PROBABLY NOT ALL 183 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WOULD BE USED EVERY DAY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE OPERA- TION OF SOME PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WOULD NOT CONFORM TO THE ABOVE THESIS, AND, THEREFORE, NO HOURS ARE SHOWN FOR THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. ACCORDING TO COMPANY INFORMATION, THE AVERAGE LIFE OF EQUIPMENT IS FROM 5 TO 15 YEARS. LENGTH & WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION ARE ESTIMATES. COMPANY STATES THAT MINERALIZATION LIES UNDER 20000 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUL-1997 Soper, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 10/13/2009
MSHA mine ID4000864
Mine name (MSHA)Middle Tennessee Mine
Current operatorCrucible MTN, LLC
Current controller (parent)Nyrstar NV
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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