Nunnelly Prospect

Occurrence in Hickman county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Manganese, Nickel
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251347
MAS/MILS ID 0470810010
Record type Site
Current site name Nunnelly Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.66532, 35.769 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hickman(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coble(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
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.66532, 35.769

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 Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. S. Nunnelly
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 940-J, 1944

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E F, BROWN IRON ORES OF THE WESTERN HIGHLAND RIM,

  • Deposit

    TENN DIV OF GEOL BULL 39, 1934

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 010 ANALYSIS (702 PG 116) SHOWS 52.93% MANGANESE DIOXIDE COBALT OXIDE, 1.48% NICKEL OXIDE AND TRACE OF COPPER MN OXIDE OCCURS IN SMALL FRACTURES AND VERTICAL SEAMS IN WEA FT PAYNE CHERT

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.