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Terry Prospect

Occurrence in Smith county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025786
MRDS ID K001732
Record type Site
Current site name Terry Prospect
Related records 10129112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.98857, 36.16037 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position 1.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW MIDDLETOWN SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gordonsville(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 Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE AND BARITE MOST ABUNDANT

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SIO2-1.02%
Result FE2O3-0.17%
Result CAF2-22.77%
Result CACO3-9.26%
Result BASO4-63.29%
Result M6CO3-2.32%
Result PBS-1.10%

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) -85.98857, 36.16037
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip 85 E
    Width 0.56M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXTENT OF VEIN UNKNOWN. VEIN WALLS SLIKENSIDED AND VEIN IS SHEETED. FLUORITE AND BARITE MOST ABUNDENT. BULK OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE OCCUR CLOSE TO HANGING WALL. VEIN MAY CONTAIN MORE CALCITE THAN IS EVIDENT AT SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. E. Minner
    Home office Marion, Ky.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 16.15M

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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