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Sevenmile Bluff Prospects

Past Producer in Trousdale county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025794
MRDS ID K001746
Record type Site
Current site name Sevenmile Bluff Prospects
Related records 10300201

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.26803, 36.34898 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trousdale(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hunters Point(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)

Federal lands

Corps of Engineers(Branch)

Branch USACE(Type of land area)

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Trousdale

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite 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) -86.26803, 36.34898
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45-55 E
    Dip VERT-75 DEG. S
    Width 0.41M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Breccia Some Replacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE APPEARS TO BE SLIGHTLY LATER THAN FLUORITE AND PARTLY REPLACES IT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Production years 1890

Mining district

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

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS OVER ABOUT 0.3 MILES. ONE SHAFT REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED LEAD ORE.

Comments on development

  • TWO BARGE LOADS OF ORE (PROBABLY LEAD ORE) REPORTEDLY SHIPPED TO ST. LOUIS, MO. FROM A SHAFT NEAR RIVER BANK.

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, DONALD 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, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Production

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

Reporter information

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

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