Commodities
PrimaryGermanium, Zinc
TertiaryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1975
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10251007
MRDS IDK005052
Alternate namesElmwood-Gordonsville Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.19699, -85.93436
References
WHITE, LANE, MANAGING EDITOR, ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL,JERSEY MINIERE PLANS GROWTH AT ELMWOOD-GORDONSVILLE MINE,AUGUST 1979, PAGE 66.SCHULTZE, JOHN F., GORDONSVILLE CONCENTRATOR REPLACES ELM-WOOD PRODUCTION FOR JERSEY MINIERE ZINC CO., E. & M.J.,JANUARY 1983, PAGE 73.KEARNS, LANCE E., AND HOWARD CAMPELL III. THE ELMWOOD ANDGORDONSVILLE ZINC MINES NEAR CARTHAGE, TENNESSEE. THEMINERALOGICAL RECORD, JULY-AUGUST, 1978, PP. 213-218.MILLER, R.A. THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF TENNESSEE. TENNESSEEDIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 74, 1974 P. 19.WILSON, C.W., JR. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GORDONSVILLE QUAD-RANGLE, TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY MRS 322-NW, 1976.WILSON, C.W., JR., L.C. TAYLOR, AND R.A. MANNING. MINERALRESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE GORDONSVILLE QUADRANGLE,1976, PP. 2-3.WINSLOW,K.R. AND W.T. HILL. THE ELMWOOD PROJECT. MININGCONGRESS JOURNAL, MARCH, 1973, PP. 19-24.