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National Cemetery Mine

Past Producer in Davidson 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102279
MRDS ID K001762
Record type Site
Current site name National Cemetery Mine
Alternate or previous names Cartwright Mine
Related records 10154010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.7336, 36.23537 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR NATIONAL CEMETERY IN NORTH NASHVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nashville East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(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 Davidson

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECTS AT (X) 1782350 (Y) 670850; (X) 1784200 (Y) 672120

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 Cannon Limestone
    Rock description Cannon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.7336, 36.23537
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip VERT
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN RHYTHMICALLY BANDED ALTERNATING LAYERS OF BARITE AND FLUORITE. NEARLY ALL GALENA IN FLUORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1843
Year of first production 1843
Production years PRE 1843

Mining district

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

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, TRENCHES, AND SHAFT

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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