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Congo Bottom Prospect

Occurrence in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025806
MRDS ID K001761
Record type Site
Current site name Congo Bottom Prospect
Related records 10154215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.18966, 36.14287 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Relative position IN MEANDER BEND OF CANEY FORK RIVER 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GORDONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Obey City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cannon Limestone
    Rock description Cannon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.18966, 36.14287
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. Lowe And W.H. Hill

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT DUG 28 FEET BUT DIDN'T REACH BEDROCK

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JEWELL THINKS RESIDUUM OVERLIES UNDISCOVERED VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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