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Boatman Mine

Past Producer in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Barium-Barite
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025787
MRDS ID K001733
Record type Site
Current site name Boatman Mine
Related records 10227256

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.1208, 36.30481 (WGS84)
Elevation 181
Relative position 5.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIXON SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixon Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO GALENA OR SPHALERITE FOUND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Ore
Fluorite 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.1208, 36.30481
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOULDERS OF SOLID FLUORITE AND MIXED FLUORITE AND BARITE, FROM 10 TO 1500 LB OCCUR IN LIMEY CLAY NEAR SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Production years 1902-1906; 1918; 1919; 1936, 1942

Mining district

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND OPEN PIT. NO VEIN FOUND BUT DUMP MATERIAL IS TYPICAL LIMESTONE BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH FLUORITE, CALCITE, AND BARITE.

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 Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit "MAY BE BLANKET VEIN...IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A VERTICAL VEIN". "GRAVEL SPAR" HAS BEEN PICKED UP AS FLOAT OVER 2-3 ACRES NEAR WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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