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Chert from
Fentress County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Type:Chert
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chert data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:278086
Long-form Identifier:1:3:278086:3
GUID (UUID V4):8b85e2d9-ea57-488f-b759-4752307fd107
Nearest other occurrences of Chert
53.0km (32.9 miles) Burkesville Project Prospect, Central Tennessee Mining District, Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) Pierce Prospect, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA
74.2km (46.1 miles) Sparta quarry (Sparta limestone quarry), White County, Tennessee, USA
74.9km (46.5 miles) Oak Ridge Occurrence, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA
89.9km (55.8 miles) Haworth Prospect, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
89.9km (55.9 miles) Culveyhouse Mine, Sweetwater Barite Mining District-Western Belt, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA
90.5km (56.2 miles) Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
91.2km (56.7 miles) B. C. Wood Barite Mine (Brown Mine; No. 4 Mine), Sweetwater Barite Mining District-Western Belt, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA
94.0km (58.4 miles) Small Barite Mine (MRDS - 10102285), Sweetwater Barite Mining District-Western Belt, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
94.0km (58.4 miles) Chert Pit (MRDS - 10250988), Knox County, Tennessee, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CELESTITE IN BUFFALO COVE, FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE. • THOMAS L. KESLER. CONTENTS. PAGE Abstract...weathering. Those in the lower beds contain no chert, and, where unweathered,no cavities. Celestite also...inquisitiveinterestof ErnestGernt of Jamestown,Tennessee, which led to a blow.-torchflame test, recently...of celestite in Buffalo Cove, north-central Tennessee(Fig. 1). The mineral,known to local residentsfor...relief in the coveis about 800 feet. Jamestown,the county seatof FentressCounty,is the nearesttown about
Report (volume)
leading producer and consumer of barite. Missouri, Tennessee, and Georgia have been the major sources of barite...district, Calhoun County: 2, 65, 102, 118. 2. r Beaver Creek Valley, St. Clair County and Greens Valley...Valley, Etowah County: 2, 102, 118. 3. r Leeds, Jefferson County: 2, 102. 4. r Longview-Saginaw district...district, Shelby County: 2, 102. 5. r Sinks district, Bibb County: 2, 28, 54, 67, 74, 102, 118, 143. 6. v Southeastern...Southeastern corner, Cherokee County: 1, 2, 54, 74, 102. 7. v Southern Cleburne County: 1, 2, 54, 74, 102. 8
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Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _...t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because t h e a l t i t u d e o f Mt. M i t c...Jefferson, B e r k e l e y Kentucky: E l l i o t Tennessee: Unicoi, Greene, Cocke, Sevier, Blount, Monroe...e c e n t u r y f o u r w e r e f o u n d i n Tennessee. O n e was f o u n d i n K e n t u c k y w h e...r g i n i a : M o n r o e Kentucky: A d a i r Tennessee: Roane, U n i o n N o r t h Carolina: L i n c
Report (issue)
traced across Pennsylvania into Ohio. Many of the county and other geologic reports concerning the Pennsylvanian...been completed in Ohio. Additionally, all of the county geologic reports for the coal-bearing areas of...districts within the plateau. As a result of their county geologic reports, both Ohio (Bownocker and Dean...Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, and eastern Tennessee are partitioned by major mountain or ridge divides...Vv > Ss j a sore : NG - at ieee, RPSs TENNESSEE CAROLINA Za ¢/ Alabama bs el 3 |, PE Black
Report (issue)
Garland R. Dever, Jr., and Thomas M. Kehn G. Tennessee, by Robert C. Milici, Garrett Briggs, Larry M..., and Thomas M. Kehn ---------------------G. Tennessee, by Robert C. Milici, Garrett Briggs, Larry M...with those in New Brunswick, Canada, and Henry County, Mo. During the 1930's, Darrah and his students...- - - 1927, Correlation of coal floras in Henry County, Missouri, and the Narragansett Basin: Bot. Gaz...B., 1894, Carboniferous fossils in ,the Norfolk County basin [Mass.]: Am. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., v. 48,
Report (issue)
occurred on tectonic blocks. The argillite, graywacke, chert, and lava typical of the eugeosynclinal deposits...from southwestern Virginia into northeastern Tennessee. A sharp hinge line appears to have bounded this...the Kinderhook rocks of the Maury Formation of Tennessee and of the upper part of the Chattanooga Shale...northward through northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and northeastern Arkansas to the Ozark lowland...of Mississippian rocks from Pennsylvania to Tennessee, the lower part of the Mississippian cannot be
Book (volume)
quality, colorful flint that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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quality, colorful flint that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
Report (issue)
____ Marble and limestone___________________ Tennessee marble belts______________ Virginia marble belts________________... Columnar sections of Pennsylvanian rocks in Tennessee and Kentucky____ 13. Tectonic map of the Appalachian...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...transverse joints cutting shale at Poverty, Highland County, V a_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...resources in Alabama, eastern Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia according to thickness of beds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
locality, b u t n e a r N anticoke, in Luzerne county, h e found it in p art a coal shale.* T here, according...ehoopany in W yom ing a n d th e Bernice in Sullivan county. The distance from th e form er to th e near­ est...available respecting th e p e tty area in Lycom ing county, b u t on th e A llegheny crest in C linton co...ernice conditions extend th u s far. I n Centre county, sou th of Clinton, M r d ’In v illiers finds a...reference to coal.f T he general section of B lair county on th e face of th e A lleghenies as m ade b y
Report (issue)
Late Mississippian (Vis~an), Illinois. Residual chert from Tuscumbia Limestone, Late Mississippian (Vis~an)...columella. The holotype (pl. 12, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, U.S.A.; Greenbrier figs. 1, 2) is a poor example...USNM 841, from the St. Louis Limestone, Hardin County, Ill., as neotype for the species. The neotype...Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, :Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, and Michigan...equivalent strata, Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Michigan, U.S.A. Acrocyathus girtyi
Report (issue)
Lake County - 2, 4 Coso Range deposits, Inyo County - 14 Coyote Mountain deposits, Imperial County - 13...Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 Elgin mine, Colusa County - 6, 12 Full Moon deposit...deposit, Imperial County - 13 The Geysers, Sonoma County - 1, 18 Leviathan mine, Alpine County - 7, 17 Sulphur...Sulphur Bank mine, Lake County - 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17; S 7 Supan deposits, Shasta County - 3; S 7 3. Goldman...hot springs area known as "The Geysers, " Sonoma County. Data given on temperatures, composition of water
Report (volume)
6 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
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Oregon Peru1Sylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah 1 11 18 23 39 41 47 49 60 65 73 ...Center Vermillion, South Dakota ,":>- 7 o0 7 Tennessee Division of Geology ~partment of Conservation...,..,,, G-5 State Office Building Nashville ~ Tennessee 3 7 :z I C, ureau of Economic Geology 8th and...Georgia and -ir.-10 Reconnaissance report on Tennessee, by C. W. Hayes. 5 the Fayette Gas Field, Alabama...northeast part of the Coosa Coal Field, St. Clair County, Alabama, by H. E. Rothrock. 1949. 69 B. 50 Well
Report (volume)
Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian...map. Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg County. Abercrombie Formationl Middle Cambrian: Western...above Pope Creek coal. Named for Aberdeen, Butler County, Ky., where it stands out in prominent cliffs along
Report (volume)
............................................ Tennessee.....................^........................... Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature consulted...minerals of Tennessee, their nature, uses, occurrence, and literature: The resources of Tennessee, vol. 3...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...Conchoidal Rarely of gem quality. is much Chert like Nodules in limestone, chalk and flint...gem. Likewise, benitoite comes from San Benito county, California. Many gem materials are named for people
Journal (volume)
ae es TIE (T.P. Recent Developments in the Tennessee Phosphate Industry. By Paut M. TyLer and HERBERT...5 6 6 oo eo oe oe BG Concentration Tests on Tennessee Valley Barite. By H. S. Rankin, R. A. LAURENCE... MAX Y. foothills of the Coast Range, Stanislaus County. Operation of this unit—the Bald Eagle mine of...magnesite of medium to low quality exists in Stevens County, Washington. The general area in which magnesite...underground mining methods, the deposits of Stevens County outcrop in massive form and can be recovered by
Report (volume)
Tenn. Dept. Conserv., Div. Geology Rept. Inv.-Tennessee Department of Conservation, Division of Geology...aquifers of the upper James River Valley, Brown County, South Dakota [abs.]: Geol. Soc. America Bull....pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 1030-G, p....1890-1956. Cretaceous section, Medina County, Texas, to Val Verde County, Texas, in San Angelo Geol. Soc....Alexander, F. M. Black shale--Bureau of Mines tests Tennessee rock as source of uranium for Atomic Energy Commission
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...pegmatite (g) Mount Antero, 12.000 (h) Chaffee County, Colorado (i) from the Smith collection feet... mine, canyon) district where found (township, county, (i) how obtained (g) state) details) 52
Journal (volume)
HL"iTfJkY The :.\lagnolia field 1s in Columbia County, .-\rkansa:,, T. 17 ~-, R. 19 and 20 \\'. \·arious...section of the 1\1agnolia-Village area in Columbia County, Arkansas, and the following constitutes a brief...cement would be required .\f()BLE FJELD. RICITLAND COUNTY, lLT.INOIS. to get the desired fill-up. The difference...I e/ li,• = 111 u The Dix pool, in Jefferson County, IllinoisI was discovered in January 1938. It is...drilling muds from the H astings oil fi.eld, Brazoria County, Texas, were selected because it is generally agreed
Report (volume)
described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr...Harris, H. B. trolled: Braunstein, J., 3. Escambia County: Cagle, J. W. ,Jr. Pollard field: Jones, W. B.
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...San Benito County, Calfornia E. L. Gray Opencut wall, Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California...Digging for natrolite, Clear Creek, San Benito County, California Fluorite crystals from Illinois Views
 
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