Mine detail: Sevenmile Bluff Prospects

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Location: Trousdale County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.34898, -86.26803
dep_id: 10025794
mrds_id: K001746
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Limestone Breccia Some Replacement
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Carters Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1890
prod_yrs: 1890
References:
  • Deposit:: JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P.
  • Deposit:: FULLERTON, DONALD S., 1963, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE HUNTERS POINT QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MRS 313-SE, 9 P.
  • Deposit:: 1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1963 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT
  • Production:: JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51
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