Mine detail: Alcorn Mine

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Location: Putnam County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.11398, -85.77774
dep_id: 10025800
mrds_id: K001753
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Fluorite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Carters Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1905
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1861
prod_yrs: 1905-1910; 1928; 1941
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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