Alcorn Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251537
MRDS ID K001753
MAS/MILS ID 0471410017
Record type Site
Current site name Alcorn Mine
Related records 10025800

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.77776, 36.11399 (WGS84)
Elevation 204

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Center Hill Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cookeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.77776, 36.11399

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    JEWELL, W. B. BARITE, FLOURITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE DEPT. OF CONSERVATION,

  • Reserve-Resource

    DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN NO. 51, 1947, PP. 69-74.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT E. HERSHEY, TENNESSEE

  • Reserve-Resource

    STATE GEOLOGIST, DEPT. OF CONSERVATION, DIVISION OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGY, APRIL 6, 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U. S. BUMINES. FLOURITE-BARITE DEPOSITS, MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WAR MINERALS REPORT, REGNL. FILE NO. E-576, 1944, P.17.

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K001753.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.