Tennessee Zinc and Lead Company No. 14 Mine Shafts No. 3 and No. 4.

Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States

Iron Zinc

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Commodities

PrimaryIron, Zinc

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeY

WorkingsSurface

Orebody formIRREGULAR

Ore controlResidual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Materials

Ore mineralsHemimorphite, Limonite

Geology

Host rockDolomite · Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone

StructureSyncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Production years1899-1909; 1913-1917

First production1899

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References

RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, JRODGERS, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

Identification

Deposit ID10025200

MRDS IDK000886

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates36.14842, -82.49875