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Nunnelly

Occurrence in Hickman county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067828
MRDS ID W000679
Record type Site
Current site name Nunnelly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.66669, 35.81677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hickman(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coble(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Duck(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hickman

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.66669, 35.81677
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN HORIZON 160 FT. ABOVE CHATTANOOGA SHALE(IN FORT PAYNE CHERT?)HARD MANGANESE OXIDE IN SEAMS UP TO 2 INCHES WIDE, IN CHERT; ALSO POCKETS AND GEODES. ONE SAMPLE SHOWED 52.93% MNO2, 0.81% COO, 1.48% NIO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sw Of Coble

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; PROBABLY SMALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., AND OTHERS, 1934, TENNESSEE STATE DEPT. EDUCATION, DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 39, P. 116

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-J, P. 265-285

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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