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Holt Mine

Past Producer in Williamson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025807
MRDS ID K001763
Record type Site
Current site name Holt Mine
Related records 10251425

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.7061, 35.95149 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.25 MILES WEST OF NOLENSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Williamson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nolensville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murfreesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Sycamore(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Williamson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite 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 Carters Limestone
    Rock description Carters Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.7061, 35.95149
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip VERT.
    Length 792.48M
    Width 0.55M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Filled And Partially Replaced Fault Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF FLUORITE AND BARITE WITH SOME COARSE CALCITE, CONSIDERABLE GALENA AND A LITTLE ROSIN SPHALERITE. ALL GALENA IN THE FLUORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discoverer Indians
Production years 1914

Mining district

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

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED 10 TONS GALENA-MATERIAL SEPARATED WITH HAND GIGS

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS 50 FEET APART. ONE 90 FT DEEP-OTHER 40 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME OF VEIN MATERIAL IS RYTHMICALLY BANDED, EITHER PARALLEL TO WALLS OF VEIN, CONCENTRICALLY IN FILLED CAVITIES OR AROUND LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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