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Unnamed Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091873
MRDS ID K001739
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10178291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.28664, 36.29537 (WGS84)
Elevation 177

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hunters Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Wilson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

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) -86.28664, 36.29537
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE BLOCKS OF TAN AND BROWN CALCITE SCATTERED AROUND PIT

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

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT 6 X 10 X 5 FEET DEEP

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

    MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE HUNTERS POINT QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 313-SE, 9 P.

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Production

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT REPORTED TO CONTAIN GALENA AND FLUORITE BUT NO ORE OBSERVED. ; 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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