Brown Prospect

Occurrence in Wilson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094994
MRDS ID K001745
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Prospect
Related records 10202171

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.27664, 36.28898 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 1.25 MILE SOUTHWEST OF HUNTERS POINT BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hunters Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cumberland-Old Hickory Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Wilson

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT AT COOR: (X) 1918300; (Y) 690500

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.27664, 36.28898

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip VERT
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Filling And Replacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST GALENA OCCURS WITH THE FLUORITE. FLUORITE LATER THAN BARITE. VEIN DISTINCTLY BANDED AND SHOWS RIBBON STRUCTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer M.M. Greene And J.S. Donoho

Mining district

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS, THE DEEPEST 25 FEET.

Comments on development

  • ADDITIONAL PROSPECTING IN 1961

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

    FULLERTON, D.S., 1963, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE HUNTERS POINT QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 313-SE, 9 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

Beyond USGS

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