Chucky Pike

Prospect in Jefferson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276059
MAS/MILS ID 0470890026
Record type Site
Current site name Chucky Pike

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -83.45269, 36.12369 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -83.45269, 36.12369

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 20S
    Thickness 5.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N60E:20S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800926

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OTHER DEFORMATION INDICATED IS BRECCIA COLLAPSE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co., Div. Of Gulf And Western
    Interest 100
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    Home office New York
    Year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCT YIELD RECOVERIES ARE BASED UPON THE BLENDED FEED GRADE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Indicated 263000mt ore
    Demonstrated 263000mt ore
    Total resources 263000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Calcium CaCo3 95.5999 wt-pct Calcium 1977
    Zinc Zn 4.4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPORTED TONNAGES AND GRADE ARE IN-SITU ESTIMATES. RECOVERABLE ORE GRADE IS 4.0 PERCENT ZINC BECAUSE OF AN ASSUMED DILUTION OF 10 PERCENT.
  • REPORTED TONNAGES AND GRADE ARE IN-SITU ESTIMATES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 250M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 3.2
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED EXCESSIVE 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 3
    Capacity 910
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 15.65
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS IN THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    GULF AND WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. FORM 10-K. JULY 1977, P.8

  • Deposit

    BOYLE, J.R. AND L. WILLIAMS. MINING METHODS AND PRACTICES

  • Deposit

    AT THE YOUNG MINE, AMERICAN ZINC COMPANY OF TENNESSEE,

  • Deposit

    JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BUMINES IC8269, 1965, 27PP

  • Deposit

    CLEMENT, G.K., R.L. MILLER, L. AVERY, AND P.A. SEIBERT. CAP-

  • Deposit

    ITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK.

  • Deposit

    MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC

  • Deposit

    MINERALS EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND

  • Deposit

    CANADA. BUMINES OFR10-78. DECEMBER 1977, 384 PP.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J., AND A.D. HOAGLAND. THE MASCOT-JEFFERSON CITY

  • Deposit

    ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE, AIME, V. 1, 1968,

  • Deposit

    PP. 243-249.

  • Deposit

    LI, T.M. THE NEW LOOK AT ASARCO'S TENNESSEE MINES. MINING

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING, VOL. 28, NO. 5, 1976, PP. 37-44.

  • Deposit

    MATHEWS, A.A., INC. MINE INTERVIEW REPORT, ASARCO YOUNG

  • Deposit

    MINE AND MILL, MASCOT, TENNESSEE. PHASE 2 REPORT, BU-

  • Deposit

    MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM CONTRACT NO.

  • Deposit

    J0255026, VOL. I, 1976, 17 PP.

  • Deposit

    ODER, C.R.L., AND J.E. RICKETS. GEOLOGY OF THE MASCOT-JEFF-

  • Deposit

    ERSON CITY ZINC DISTRICT, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY RI12, 1961, PP. 3-10.

  • Deposit

    --. HOW AMERICAN ZINC'S TENNESSEE DMEA PROGRAM PROVED

  • Deposit

    34,000,000 TONS ORE. MINING WORLD, V. 20, NO.7, JUNE 7,

  • Deposit

    1958, PP. 50-53.

  • Deposit

    RAUSCH, D.O., F.M. STEPHENS, JR., AND R.C. MARIACHER(ED.).

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC UPDATE. AIME, 1977, PP. 21-28, 131-142, 149-

  • Deposit

    156.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-93 Hrabik, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

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