Mine detail: Macey Prospect

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Location: Wilson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.27731, -86.16469
dep_id: 10025797
mrds_id: K001749
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Breccia In Faulted Zone
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Carters Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
disc_yr: 1850
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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