Arthur Hudson Prospect

Occurrence in Rutherford county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025785
MRDS ID K001731
Record type Site
Current site name Arthur Hudson Prospect
Related records 10129394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.50165, 35.73427 (WGS84)
Elevation 192
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF VERSAILLES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Rutherford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN CONTAINS MORE BARITE THAN COMMON IN MIDDLE TENN. VEINS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Carters Limestone
    Rock description Carters Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.50165, 35.73427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Length 426.72M
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Discoverer Mrs. Hudson

Mining district

District name Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Overall, A. S.
    Home office Murfreesboro, Tn.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, DRIFTS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • VEIN PROSPECTED BY MR. OVERALL DURING 1926-1927.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPOR

  • Production

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME MATERIAL ON DUMP BADLY SLICKENSIDED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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