Mine detail: Brown Prospect

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Wilson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.28898, -86.27664
dep_id: 10094994
mrds_id: K001745
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Breccia Filling And Replacement
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Carters Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
disc_yr: 1907
discr: M.M. Greene And J.S. Donoho
References:
  • Deposit:: JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P.
  • Deposit:: FULLERTON, D.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, REPOR
  • Production:: JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.