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Heard Prospect

Occurrence in Pickett county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025808
MRDS ID K001764
Record type Site
Current site name Heard Prospect
Related records 10251208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.22716, 36.5523 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position ON PRONG OF EAST FORK OF ASHBURN CREEK ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAY, OVERTON, PICKETT CO.INTERSECTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pickett(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byrdstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tompkinsville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Pickett

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fort Payne Formation, Dolomite
    Rock description Fort Payne Formation, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.22716, 36.5523
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ALMOST ENTIRELY OF GRAY BARITE THAT IS PARTLY WEATHERED TO A CHALK WHITE. OCCASIONALLY XLS AND LUMPS OF SPHALERITE OCCUR IN BARITE.SOME CLEAR GLASSY BARITE IS PRESENT LINING CAVITIES.

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCH AND SMALL PIT

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 PROSPECT IS ABOUT 160-170 FEET BELOW TOP OF WARSAW LIMESTONEBUT IN THE FORT PAYNE FORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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