Mine detail: Boatman Mine

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Location: Smith County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.30481, -86.1208
dep_id: 10025787
mrds_id: K001733
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Calcium, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Calcite, Fluorite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Carters Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
disc_yr: 1895
prod_yrs: 1902-1906; 1918; 1919; 1936, 1942
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
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