 | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT, TENNESSEE BY W. H. EMMONS AND F. B. LANEY...-------------------------Location and area of district ___________________,_ Topography and climate ...__ _ CH~P'l'1H!. III. Geology of the Ducktown mining district, by F. B. J...aney _________________________________...23 23 24 CHAPTER III. Geology of the Ducktown mining district-Continued. Metamorphism _______________________________...Erosion __________________________ _ CHAP'.rER IV. Mining, metallurgy, and acid manufacture, by W. H. Em |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. |  | | Report (issue) | | and sulfur isotope ratios in galenas from Ducktown, Tennessee, is interpreted as an original characteristic...lead from U/Pb-enriched elastic sediments. At Ducktown, however, lead and sulfur isotope ratios indicate...Ridge geologic . province 54 Ducktown district, Tennessee 60 District geology 60 Theories of origin...of lead and sulfur isotope 6. systematics of Ducktown ores 83 Comparison with similar deposits 94...Sulfide deposits in the Piedmont 129 9. Mineral district, Virginia 133 10. Description of the ore bodies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE COPPER ORES OF ORANGE COUNTY, VERMONT. N. W. BUERGER. INTRODUCTION. Dur{ng the courseof a...was collected,along w{th other ores,at the Orange county m{nes. M{croscop{cexam{nat{on proved th{s to conta{n...THE DISTRICT. The depositsl{e {n the eartern footh{1]sof the GreenMounta{ns {n Orange County, Vermont...PP. 289-3o3, x934434 THE COPPER ORES OF ORANGE COUNTY, VERMONT. 435 Elizabeth-Foster-Cleveland property...location of mines. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TI-IE DISTRICT.2 The ore bodies occur on the eastern flank of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Isotopesand a Model for the Origin of the Ducktown Deposit, Tennessee A. P. LEHURAY Lamont-Doherty GeologicalObservatory...Abstract Strata-boundsulfide depositsat Ducktown, Tennessee,have many characteristicsof volcanogenie...above-mentioned positivecorrelation,suggestthat Ducktown lead and sulfur representthe mixing of two sources...and Zn, as well as the smallamphibolitepodsat Ducktown and alongstrike. Lead isotopestudiesof contemporaneous...the Mount RogersFormation, indicate that lead in Ducktown ores could not have been derived from a similar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphosed massive sulphide deposits at Ducktown, Tennessee D. L . H A L L * , R. J . B O D N A R A N...Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA ABSTRACT Standard petrographic, microthermometric...metamorphosed massive sulphide deposits at Ducktown, Tennessee, indicate that fluids with a wide range of...C-0-H-N-S sulphides; P-T-t paths. fluids; Ducktown, Tennessee; fluid inclusions; metamorphosed massive...and best studied of which are located at Ducktown, Tennessee, occur throughout the Appalachian-Caledonian |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | summarize:Depositsof barite, iron sulfides, iron oxides,galena,andsphalerite are foundin rocks of diverselithologiesin...in the Appalachian parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia (U.S. Geological Survey, 18831927;...Paleozoic rocksof the Valley and Ridge (Fig. 1). Galena is most commonin associationwith sphalerite and...occurrenceof the ore, manganese 1968) and BumpassCove, Tennessee(Rodgers, possiblyexcepted,is suchthat the depositsmust...contain the ores--faults, tions in various placesin Tennessee,and in the breccias,and permeablefacies. The vast |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Parry Sound, Ontario; Fierro, New Mexico; Ducktown, Tennessee;Sullivan Mine, British Columbia; Sudbury...City, Montana; Little Bob Mine, Georgia; Cook County,Minnesota;and rfianyothers. The work was aidedby...Shakan* pyriteappearsas relicsin pyrrhotite. At Ducktown,Tennessee, Gilbertodescribes XaNewhouse, W. GEOL.,vol...a Jewell, W. B.: Mineral depositsof the Hyder district, southeasternAlaska. EcoN. GEo,..,vol. 22, pp...Gilbert, G.: Oxidation and enrichment at Ducktown, Tennessee. Am. Inst. Min. Met. Eng. Trans., vol, 70 |  | | Report (volume) | | Potential of the Chattanooga 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee and North Carolina-A Preliminary Assessment U...Potential of the Chattanooga 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee and North Carolina-A Preliminary Assessment By...potential of the Chattanooga 1°X2 quadrangle, Tennessee and North Carolina : A preliminary assessment/by...resources- Tennessee. 2. Mines and mineral resources -North Carolina. 3. Geology-Tennessee. 4. Geology-North...Fluorite 12 Ducktown Massive Sulfide District 12 Coker Creek Gold District 13 Sweetwater Barite District and |  | | Report (issue) | | Paper 179 ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION BY CLARENCE...Betty Baker mine...-----------------..---Grayson County sulphide zone. _____________ 58 58 59 59 60 60...Copper deposits of the Ducktowu district, Tennessee History of mining development._____________ Location...geology.___________________ ______ Mines of the Ducktown district.._____ 1 ____.._ Burra Burra_.---_________________..._. London..________-______-__-----__-___ East Tennessee._________.._-___.___-___ Ocoee._______________________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits of the Fontana and Hazel Creek mines, Swain County, North Carolina, the Toncrae mine, Virginia, and...------------------------------Geology of Swain County copper district__________________________ Sedimentary...Swain County copper district, North Carolina. 2. Geologic map of the Fontana mine, Swain County, N.C....mine, Swain County, N.C. 4. Geologic map and sections of the Hazel Creek mine, Swain County, N.C. 5. Geologic...Geologic map and sections of the Toncrae mine, Floyd County, Va. 6. Geologic map of the Stone Hill mine, Cleburne |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ............. 487 492 492 494 494 499 Ducktown, Tennessee ...........................................Appalachian pyritic depositsextending from Maine to Ducktown. On the basis of a literature survey the writer...sphalerite-galenamatrix. Ariacon Mine, N. B. sphaleriteand galena,coveredby a pyrite host that extendsidiomorphically...Knob-GossanLead, North Carolina and Virginia, and Ducktown, Tennessee(13). The recent work of Kinkel (34) has borne...Emmons' opinionof the Ore Knob occurrence. Ducktown,Tennessee.---The Ducktowndeposits(58) probablyalso |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shown in Figs. I3 and I4 by replacementveinlets of galena, sphalerite,'borni.te,chalcopyrite,pearceire and...Laney 4 describeore mineral relations at Ducktown, Tennessee,as follows: It is believedthat nearly all...depositedcontemporaneouslywi,ththe chalcopyrite,sphalerite,and galena,with all of which it is intimately intergrown....F. B., "Geology and Ore Depositsof the Ducktown Mining District, Tenn.," U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper...aggregatespartly replacedby limonite, and aggregatesof galena crystals partly replacedby cerussiteand anglesitewere |  | | Report (issue) | | decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...Swager, W. L. , and Sullivan, J. D. , 1951, Sulphur: Mining Engineering, vol. 3. , pp. 403409. The history...bibliography. Brief descriptions of salt dome deposits and mining operations along Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cambridge, MA 02139, USA z US Geological Survey, National Center, MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA Abstract. Boron...Sullivan (Canada), Broken Hill (Australia), and Ducktown (USA). Overall, the tourmalines display a wide range... British Columbia; Kidd Creek, Ontario; Ducktown, Tennessee; a n d Broken Hill, New South Wales), as...Sullivan mine, British Columbia Cu, Co, Au Blackbird district, Idaho Fe, Au Keystone area, South Dakota Cu,...both on a district and deposit scale. For example, in the Broken Hill (Australia) district (Table 3) |  | | Report (issue) | | 218pp., 1905. Economic geology of the Bingham mining district, Utah, by J. M. Boutwell, with a section on...geology and ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho, by F. L. Ransome and F. C. Calkins, 203...Georgetown quadrangle (together with the Empire district), Colo., by J. E. Spurr and G. H. Garrey, with..., 1910. Geology and ore deposits of the Butte district, Mont., by W. H. Weed, 262 pp., 1912. Geology...Geology and ore deposits of the Breckenridge district, Colo., by F. L. Ransome, 187 pp., 1911. Geology and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Origin of MassiveSulfide Deposits, GossanLead District, Virginia JACOBE. GAIR AND JOHN F. SLACK U.S....sphalerite,and pyrite, and rare arsenopyriteand galena. Deposits were mined principally in the Iron Ridge...much as 40 m thick--the thickest known in the district. This deposit containsabundantcoarsebreccia fragmentsof...originaldepositsignificantly.In the northeasternpart of the district,drill holesintersect severalsulfidelayersthat...structurallyrepeated. The Ashe Formationin the district is a sequenceof metasedimentary rocks and local |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inclusions from the massivesulfide depositsat Ducktown, Tennessee DoN,q.Lo L. H.lr,r,,*Ronnnr J. BouNa& Jmms...Virginia 24061, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Ducktown, Tennessee,mining district contains some of the largestmetamorphosed...metamorphosed massivesulfide depositsat Ducktown, Tennessee(Hall et al., 1991) indicates that fluids...compositions. Gnolocrc t'{i'i sETTTNG The Ducktown mining district is located in the southeast corner of... 1968). Other reported metallic phases include galena,molybdenite, tetrahedrite,native bismuth, cubanite |  | | Report (issue) | | New Hampshire_____________________ Orange County copper district, Vermont___________ Sulphur Mine, Virginia...Knob copper deposit, North Carolina._________ Ducktown deposits, Tennessee_____-_--__-___---__ Similar...sulfidc deposits in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee _____________________________________________...3. Lead isotope ratios for galenas from Ducktown, Tennessee, ore deposits and reference samples..-__-______...copper-bearing massive sulfide deposit at Ore Knob, Ashe County, N.C., is one of a large group of massive sulfide |  | | Report (issue) | | Pavlides ............. STOP 1, 8 STOP 1A. Mineral district Chopawamsic Formation at Contrary Creek by J.E... Gair .............. 24 Ores of the Mineral district by J.R. Craig, J.W. Miller, L.J. Cox, and R.F...Betty Baker mine by J.E. Gair Drill core, Mineral district by J.E. Gair ................. ................Mineral district. STOP LA and STOP 2 shown 4. Geologic map of the Mineral district, Louisa County, Virginia...Tables Table 1. Mining history of some major sulfide deposits of the Mineral district ............... |  | | Report (issue) | | Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining and Geology State Division of Conservation Atlanta...Jr ___________________________ _ Relationship of mining to other economic sectors, by Albert E. Schreck...Manmade features _____________________ _ Strip mining ______________________ _ Subsidence ________________________...____ Marble and limestone___________________ Tennessee marble belts______________ Virginia marble belts________________...Shirley_______ Types of mica, uses, and prices___________ Mining and preparation_________________ History and p |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals, such as pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, marcasite, and arsenopyrite. Selenium minerals...Sweden; Flin Flon, Manitoba; Sudbury, Ontario; and Ducktown, Tenn. In certain sulfide vein deposits a variety...deposits in the Silver City district, Idaho; Comstock Lode and Jarbidge district, Nev.; and Guanajuato, Mexico...with gold and silver are found in the Republic district, Wash., and in Radjang Lebong, Sumatra. The seleniferous...Nev.; San Francisco district, Utah; and the Liberty Bell mine, Telluride district, Colo., all contain |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY. Geology of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...and sections of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...Carolina. Map of Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles showing location of metamorphic isograds...a manuscript on the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina...Survey Geology of the Ducktown, Isabella, and Persimmon Creek quadrangles, Tennessee and North Carolina |  | | Report (issue) | | NevadaiGity —'Grass: Valley) iter ore ae ee Shasta County a eee cere asses ee avs Oe ee COlOTAMGS ee Pie...possible to designate the individual mines of which a district is composed but rather that the geological conditions...conditions from one mine to another within the district are so generally the same that what is said of...Canadian Institute of Mining*and| Metallurgye a. 12ers ee ett elt hanes Engineering and Mining Journal.........Features (Book)....................+-4..-Canadian: Mining Journal ssi elora fs aeent-< sia tac nes etare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "gossansin massivepyrite in northernCalifornia,Tennessee,Arizona, Cyprus, Turkey, the Philippines,and New...cubiccorallites(each lessthan 0.05 mm diameter) suggestive of galena. To sumup: neitherexpansionnorcontraction can...apatite in the limestones or from surfacehumus. At Ducktown,phosphorusin the gossanaverages 0.05 percentand...Rhesa M., Jr., 1949, Suggestedorigin for the Shelby county, Alabama, limonlte ores: Ecoa. GEo•.., v. 44, p..., 1927, Ore depositsof the Rio Tinto (Huelva) district, Spain: Ecoa. Gv.o•.., v. 22, p. 569-614. 5.-- |
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