Mining Incidents

Jefferson City Zinc Open Cut Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Jefferson City Zinc · Surface
Controlled by Union Miniere S A
Jefferson County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001165

MSHA record for Jefferson City Zinc Open Cut Mine (mine ID 4001165). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Usx Corp 1950 to 1989
  2. Jefferson City Zinc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jefferson City Zinc Open Cut Mine sits in Jefferson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jefferson County, Tennessee · Population 55,835
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$63,084
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.