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Bannister Mine

Past Producer in Davidson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025809
MRDS ID K001765
Record type Site
Current site name Bannister Mine
Related records 10129574

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.56387, 36.11648 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Vergne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stones(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Corps of Engineers(Branch)

Branch USACE(Type of land area)

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Davidson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO FLUORITE, GALENA, OR SPHALERITE HAVE BEEN REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Limonite 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) -86.56387, 36.11648
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE OCCURS IN RESIDUAL SOIL, ON ROCK SURFACE UNDER REGOLITH, AND AS STRINGERS IN BED ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1934

Mining district

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

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOADS ORE SHIPPED IN 1934.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECTS IN AREA. ALL BARITE PRODUCED FROM TRENCH LIKE CUT 10 FT DEEP AND 45 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • TWO CARLOADS BARITE MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1934. CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED IN WASHING THE BARITE.

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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