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Mine Lick Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Putnam county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025810
MRDS ID K001767
Record type Site
Current site name Mine Lick Creek Prospect
Related records 10275780

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.68551, 36.08703 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST OF SILVER POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.68551, 36.08703
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCALLY THERE ARE NARROW VEINLETS AND STRINGERS OF COARSE CALCITE THROUGH BRECCIA. VERY LITTLE BARITE AND PYRITE OCCUR IN SOME OF THEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

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

Comments on the workings information

  • (ABOUT ONE MILE TO THE SOUTHWEST)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSE: 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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