Brown

Prospect in Wilson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202171
MRDS ID K001745
MAS/MILS ID 0471890009
Record type Site
Current site name Brown
Related records 10094994

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.23997, 36.28979 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellwood(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
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.23997, 36.28979

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Basin

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JEWELL, W. B. BARITE, FLOURITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DEPT. OF CONSERVATION,

  • Reserve-Resource

    DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN NO. 51, 1947, PP. 82-83.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAHER, S. W. THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, INFO. CIRC. NO. 6, 1958, P. 28.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT E. HERSHEY, TENNESSEE

  • Reserve-Resource

    STATE GEOLOGIST, DEPT. OF CONSERVATION, DIVISION OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGY, APRIL 6, 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U. S. BUMINES. FLOURITE-BARITE DEPOSITS, MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WAR MINERAL REPORT, REGNL. FILE NO. E-576, 1944, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 28.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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