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Knight Mine

Past Producer in Wilson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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 10025804
MRDS ID K001757
Record type Site
Current site name Knight Mine
Related records 10300268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.16803, 35.97566 (WGS84)
Elevation 223
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENVALE

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)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Wilson

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.16803, 35.97566
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip VERT
    Length 457.2M
    Width 1.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLICKENSIDES IN SHAFT STRIKE N 45-50 E AND PITCH 4 DEG. SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer Mr. Brent
Production years ?

Mining district

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

Comments on the production information

  • MINE CLOSED IN 1947 AFTER MINER LOST HIS LIFE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 36.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, SURFACE SHOWS AND PITS SIX HOLES DRILLED IN CREEK BED. 4 CHURN DRILL HOLES IN FIELD TO THE NE. MAIN VEIN 3.3 FT WIDE BUT VEINLETS OF SPHALERITE AND CALCITE EXTEND OVER 18 FEET

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL TRUCK LOADS OF ZINC ORE MINED ON KNIGHT PROPERTY TAKEN TO CONCENTRATOR AT HOVER MINE NEAR READYVILLE, CANNON CO.

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

    WILSON, C.W., JR., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MILTON QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 319-NW, 10P.

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 319-NW

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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