| Deposit ID | 10178602 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0470810008 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chessor Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Barber Pit |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.63942, 35.7259 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 171 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hickman(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pleasantville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hohenwald(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Columbia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Duck(hydrologic unit)
Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Hickman |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | Fort Payne Formation and Chattanooga Shale |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| District name | Coble |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Barber, Omar |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470810008 |
PIERCE, W G, COBALT-BEARING MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF ALA, GA AN
USGS BULL 940-J, 1944
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 020 PROSPECTED IN 1940, OWNER UNKNOWN (700 PG 284) REC 030 FROM DESCRIPTIONS 700 PP 274 AND 284 REC 040 COL 71 PLEASANTVILLE REC 010 ANALYSES SHOW .13% COBALT AND .53% NICKEL (700 PG 28 MN OXIDE FROM BARBER PROSPECT PIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Schmidt | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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