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Beasley Bend Prospect

Occurrence in Trousdale county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Lead, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025796
MRDS ID K001748
Record type Site
Current site name Beasley Bend Prospect
Related records 10178594

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.21997, 36.35398 (WGS84)
Relative position ON BEASLEY BEND 0.7 MILE NORTHWEST OF BASS CEMETARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trousdale(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellwood(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
Calcium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE ALSO REPORTED TO CONTAIN A VERY LITTLE GOLD AND SILVER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

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) -86.21997, 36.35398
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip VERT
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia In Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPHALERITE IS DARK (BLACK). GALENA AND SPHALERITE MORE ABUNDANT IN FLUORITE. FLUORITE IS LATER THAN BARITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH-SOUTH STRIKE UNUSUAL TO MIDDLE TENN. VEINS. SLICKENSIDES NOT OBSERVED BUT SHEETING BRECCIA AND GASH VEINS POINT TO MOVEMENT.

Comments on development

  • FIRST PROSPECTED BY MR. ETHERLY IN 1903 OR 1904

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

Reporter information

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

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