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Paschal Prospect

Occurrence in Cannon county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Calcium
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025803
MRDS ID K001756
Record type Site
Current site name Paschal Prospect
Related records 10274803

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.14914, 35.81149 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Relative position 0.6 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CULPEPPER

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
Calcium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CALAMINE LEDGE OUTCROPS WITH A THICKNESS OF 3 TO 4 FEET

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 Lebanon Limestone
    Rock description Lebanon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.14914, 35.81149
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip VERT
    Length 53.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPHALERITE IS YELLOW TO DARK RED. CALCITE HAS REPLACED SOME SPHALERITE AS WELL AS LIMESTONE

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

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES, PITS AND TUNNEL. SLICKENSIDES STRIKE N 70 E AND SHOW HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

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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