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Davenport Prospect

Occurrence in Cannon county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Calcium, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094996
MRDS ID K001758
Record type Site
Current site name Davenport Prospect
Related records 10129141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.12303, 35.8551 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 3.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBURY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cannon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodbury(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
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Ore
Sphalerite 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.12303, 35.8551
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip NW
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPHALERITE IS DARK BROWN AND RED. HERMITAGE FORMATION CROPS OUT ON BOTH SIDES OF LOCKE CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. James G. Webb

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF ONE PIT AND 5 CORE DRILL HOLES.

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 LOG OF DRILL HOLES ON PAGE 60 TENN DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51 ; 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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