Mine detail: Silvertooth Agate Fields

Previously called 'Curbow Rock Farm'

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Location: Bedford County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.52151, -86.45364
dep_id: 10026538
mrds_id: K005255
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gemstone, Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcedony
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Weathering Residual And Probably Supergene Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Residuum
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
Structure: Bedrock Is Essentially Flat-Lying
yfp_ba: >
Year first produced: 1945
References:
  • Deposit:: WILSON, C. W., JR., 1965, GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE WARTRACE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENN. DIVISION GEOLOGY, GM 78-SE AND MRS 78-SE
  • Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP WILSON, C. W., JR.; TENN. DIV. GEOL.; MA
  • Production:: PROPERTY OWNERS AND MINERAL COLLECTORS IN THE TVA REGION
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