Mine detail: Alcorn Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.11398, -85.77774

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite
Discovery year:	1861

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1905-1910; 1928; 1941
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Carters Limestone
Host type:	Limestone

References

MRDS	K001753
DEP	10025800
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.