Mine detail: Silica Mine

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Location: Benton County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.04039, -88.17673
dep_id: 10154594
mas_id: 470050001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silica
Minor mineral: Titanium, Zirconium
Trace mineral: REE
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Ilmenite, Kyanite, Monazite, Quartz, Rutile, Staurolite, Tourmaline, Zircon
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Dgh, Pmt
References:
  • Deposit:: RUSSELL, E.E. AND W.S. PARKS. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE OUTCROP-
  • Deposit:: PING CRETACEOUS, PALEOCENE, AND LOWER EOCENE IN WESTERN TEN-
  • Deposit:: NESSEE (INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF YOUNGER FLUVIAL DEPOSITS).
  • Deposit:: TENN. DEPT. CONSERV., DIV. GEOL. BULL. 75, 1975, PP. 41-44.
  • Deposit:: WILCOX, J.T. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF HEAVY MINERALS
  • Deposit:: IN MCNAIRY SAND OF WEST TENNESSEE. TENN. DEPT. CONSERV.,
  • Deposit:: DIV. GEOL. RI 31, 1971, 11 PP.
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