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Carter Prospect

Occurrence in Cannon county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025802
MRDS ID K001755
Record type Site
Current site name Carter Prospect
Related records 10226536

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.1533, 35.84093 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF READYVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cannon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Readyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cannon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calamine Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.1533, 35.84093
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip VERT
    Length 640.08M
    Width 0.46M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. Gaither
    Home office Hopkinsville, Ky

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, DRILLING

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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