Bates Farm Prospect

Occurrence in Hickman county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154540
MAS/MILS ID 0470810009
Record type Site
Current site name Bates Farm Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.68312, 35.7334 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hickman(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pleasantville(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
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.68312, 35.7334

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Coble

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W G, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALA, GA, A

  • Deposit

    , USGS BULL 940-J, 1944

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR DESCRIPTION SEE 700 PG 284

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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