Hoover Mine, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Cannon Co., Tennessee, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 35° 50' 47'' North , 86° 9' 10'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 35.84639,-86.15278 |
Köppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
REF:Deposit:: JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P.
Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DI
Deposit:: LOGY INF. CIRC. 6, P. 27.
Deposit:: CRIB RECORD NO. K001754, 10/81.
Deposit:: CRIB LAT.- N 35DEG 50MIN 47SEC; LON.- W 086DEG 09MIN 10SEC.
Deposit:: WILSON, C.W., JR., 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE READYVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GE
Commodities (Major) - Zinc; (Trace) - Sulfur - Iron Pyrite, Lead, Barium-Barite
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Carters Limestone
Host Rock: Limestone
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7 valid minerals.
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Ordovician 443.8 - 485.4 Ma ID: 2972839 | Nashville Group; Bigby-Cannon Limestone and Hermitage Formation Age: Ordovician (443.8 - 485.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bigby-Cannon Limestone; Hermitage Formation Description: Nashville Group - Bigby-Cannon Limestone - Brownish-gray phosphatic calcarenite and light-gray to brownish-gray, cryptograined to medium- grained, even-bedded limestone. Thickness 50 to 125 feet; and Hermitage Formation - Thin-bedded to laminated, sandy and argillaceous limestone with shale; nodular shaly limestone; coquina; and phosphatic calcarenite. Thickness 50 to 100 feet. Comments: West-Central sheet Lithology: Major:{limestone,calcarenite}, Minor:{shale}, Incidental:{coquina} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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