Tennessee · Jefferson County
Producer

Young, Immel, Coy, New Market

Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
ZincStoneCrushed/BrokenLimestoneGeneral
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc
TertiaryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Chert, Dolomite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10251351
Alternate namesYoung
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates36.07649, -83.61299
References
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