| Deposit ID | 10025801 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001754 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hoover Mine |
| Related records | 10299652 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -86.15275, 35.84649 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF READYVILLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cannon(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Readyville(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Cannon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Calcite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Carters Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Carters Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -86.15275, 35.84649 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 37 E |
| Dip | 85 W TO 85 E |
| Width | 2.13M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1889 |
| Discoverer | Noel Hoover |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| Production years | 1940-1945 |
| District name | Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001754 |
JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P.
WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE READYVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 319-SW
1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPOR
JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN MATERIAL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED SIMULTANEOUSLY. SPHALERITE IS DARK BROWN TO BLACK SOME IS LIGHT RED TO ROSIN COLORED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1974 | Fagan, James M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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