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Medling Prospect

Occurrence in Wilson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Calcium
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025805
MRDS ID K001760
Record type Site
Current site name Medling Prospect
Related records 10178717

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.17691, 35.95954 (WGS84)
Elevation 210
Relative position 1.8 MILES NORTH OF MILTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milton(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 Wilson

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPHALERITE IS YELLOW TO RED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore

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) -86.17691, 35.95954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 42 E
    Dip VERT
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME OF SPHALERITE MAY HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED EARLY

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. Gaither

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS NO BED ROCK EXPOSED IN FIELD-PITS FILLED

Comments on development

  • LAST PROSPECTING IN 1935

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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