Van Leer Mine

Past Producer in Wayne county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178424
MAS/MILS ID 0471810044
Record type Site
Current site name Van Leer Mine
Alternate or previous names Gray Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.60641, 35.03291 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Joseph(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawrenceburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pickwick Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Wayne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.60641, 35.03291

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MISER HD 1921 TN GEOL SUR BULL 26 P109-110.

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, ERNEST F., TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 39, 1934, PP. 187

  • Deposit

    OWNER IS J.J. GRAY, JR. AS OF 1921

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references