Baker

Prospect in Davidson county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274875
MAS/MILS ID 0470370017
Record type Site
Current site name Baker

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.76639, 36.34839 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davidson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whites Creek(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

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.76639, 36.34839

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Basin

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Edington And Ass.:Wa. Mutual Bank
    Home office Spokane, Wa
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alder Gold-Copper
    Home office C/O H.F.Stone, Spokane, Wa. 99218
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 28.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTRACT NO. G0166176 ENTERED 1977. RECORD 040 / MAP NAME IS WHITES CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Tennessee Division Of Geology Tennessee Division of Geology

Beyond USGS

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