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Bell-Orren Prospect

Occurrence in Rutherford 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025798
MRDS ID K001750
Record type Site
Current site name Bell-Orren Prospect
Related records 10226959

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.31664, 35.92788 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Relative position 1.4 MILES WEST OF LASCASSAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rutherford(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lascassas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Rutherford

Comments on the location information

  • SECOND SHAFT AT COOR. (X) 1906400; (Y) 559,450

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.31664, 35.92788
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 58 E
    Dip VERT
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stringers And Breccia Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Mr. Maze

Mining district

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

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS-125 FT APART, ONE 35 FT DEEP OTHER 25 FT DEEP

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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