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Macey Prospect

Occurrence in Wilson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025797
MRDS ID K001749
Record type Site
Current site name Macey Prospect
Related records 10251600

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.16469, 36.27731 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEBANON NEAR GOSHEN CHAPEL

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
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Carters Limestone
    Rock description Carters Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.16469, 36.27731
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip VERT
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia In Faulted Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE EARLY AND FORMS SHELLS AROUND BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. MOST GALENA ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORITE. FLUORITE AND CALCITE APPEAR CONTEMPORANEOUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • SLICKENSIDED ZONE IN CENTER OF VEIN INDICATES HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT. SOME OF MOVEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN POST ORE DEPOSITION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPOR

  • Production

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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