Bairds Mill

Prospect in Wilson county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154473
MAS/MILS ID 0471890017
Record type Site
Current site name Bairds Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.24997, 36.11679 (WGS84)
Elevation 240
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watertown(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
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.24997, 36.11679

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830201
  • Area 200HA
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 830201

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1972

Mining district

District name Central Tennessee District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The New Jersey Zinc Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 80520M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .33
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 3000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THIS DEPOSIT LIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE "CEDARS OF LEBANON STATE PARK AND FOREST". MINING MAY BE PROHIBITED IN THIS PORTION, AND THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA MAY BE SUBJECTED TO ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE; MIDDLE TENNESSEE ZINC; E&MJ, V. 180, NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    WINSLOW, K.R. AND HILL, W.T.; THE ELMWOOD PROJECT;

  • Deposit

    MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 59, NO. 3, MARCH, 1973.

  • Deposit

    CALLAHAN, WILLIAM; THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZINC

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT AT ELMWOOD, TENNESSEE, CONCEPT AND CONSEQUENCE;

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 7, NOVEMBER, 1977.

  • Deposit

    KYLE, J. RICHARD; BRECCIATION, ALTERATION, AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT;

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 5, AUGUST, 1976.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, R.C. AND HOAGLAND, A.D.; PALEOKARST PHENOMENA AND

  • Deposit

    THE POST-KNOX UNCONFORMITY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE;

  • Deposit

    G.S.A. ABSTRACTS, ANNUAL MEETING, CIRCULAR 2, 1970.

  • Deposit

    STAGG, A.K. AND FISCHER, F.T.; UPPER KNOX STRATIGRAPHY OF

  • Deposit

    MIDDLE TENNESSEE; G.S.A. ABSTRACTS, ANNUAL MEETING,

  • Deposit

    CIRCULAR 2, 1970.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, F.T. AND HOAGLAND, A.D.; HYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    OF THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE ZINC DISTRICT; A.I.M.E. WORLD

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC SYMPOSIUM, OCTTOBER 1970, V. 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BORAX, LOCAL NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT, JULY 1, 1975.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BORAX, NEWS RELEASE, JULY 26, 1978.

  • Deposit

    ZIMMERMAN, R.; 1980; FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF MISSISSIPPI

  • Deposit

    VALLEY-TYPE MINERALIZATION FROM THE SWEETWATER

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: AN EXAMPLE OF FLUID MIXING;

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, J.R., AND SCHARON, L.; SUCCESSFUL USE OF LANDSAT

  • Deposit

    IMAGERY FOR LEAD-ZINC EXPLORATION IN TENNESSEE AND

  • Deposit

    KENTUCKY; COPY OF G.S.A. POSTER SESSION PAPER,

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL MEETING, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1978.

  • Deposit

    NEESHAM, R.; EXXON EMERGING AS A MAJOR MINING FIRM; E&MJ,

  • Deposit

    V. 179, NO. 7, JULY, 1978.

  • Deposit

    --FIRST ZINC INGOTS POURED AT NJZ'S NEW CLARKSVILLE

  • Deposit

    REFINERY; E&MJ, V. 180, NO. 1, JANUARY, 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 University Of Missouri U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

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