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Robinson Prospect

Occurrence in Wilson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Calcium, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025799
MRDS ID K001751
Record type Site
Current site name Robinson Prospect
Related records 10154626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.15275, 35.99592 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATESVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Wilson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite 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) -86.15275, 35.99592
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip VERT
    Width 6.71M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAIN BENTONITE (T-3) OUTCROPS A FEW HUNDRED FEET DOWNSTREAM.

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE IN CREEK BED MAY BE A CONTINUATION OF KNIGHT VEIN WHICH IS 1.5 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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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