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Armstrong Prospect

Occurrence in Trousdale county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025793
MRDS ID K001744
Record type Site
Current site name Armstrong Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sevenmile Bluff Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -86.15167, 36.39239 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trousdale(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hartsville(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 Trousdale

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite 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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAY NOT HAVE REACHED BEDROCK IN PROSPECT PIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

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

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH DUG IN 1932 WAS ABOUT 40 FEET LONG AND EXTENDED IN A N 80 DEG. E DIRECTION

Comments on development

  • MAY NOT BE SAME VEIN AS SEEN IN SEVENMILE BLUFF

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

    FULLERTON, D.S., 1963, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE HUNTERS POINT QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 313-SE, 9 P.

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPOR

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-74 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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