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Dolomite from
Fentress County, Tennessee, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:278084
Long-form Identifier:1:3:278084:9
GUID (UUID V4):0a695004-0f5d-4882-94bc-7c43a2b78bb7
Localities for Dolomite in this Region
Unnamed fluorite occurrence, Buffalo Cove, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Young Mine, Buffalo Cove, Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence (Travis Smith et al; L.F. Choate No. 1), Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
10.4km (6.5 miles) Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence (Travis Smith et al; L.F. Choate No. 1), Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) Pilot Knob Prospect, Overton County, Tennessee, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) Hagan Prospect, Pickett County, Tennessee, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) Heard Prospect, Pickett County, Tennessee, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) Albany Quarry (Caldwell Quarry; Gaddie-Shamrock), Clinton County, Kentucky, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Bassett Products Co. quarry, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
53.0km (32.9 miles) Burkesville Project Prospect, Central Tennessee Mining District, Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA
53.8km (33.5 miles) Right Fork prospect, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) Cumberland (Sugar Creek; Cumberland Jersey Miniere), Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
58.5km (36.4 miles) Gainesboro prospect, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 13:58 04 February 2015 Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan C elestine, the only commercially significant...minerals, including strontianite, gypsum, calcite, dolomite, fluorite, and sulfur; clastic rock units such... Michigan Stone Company quarry, Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan. Unusual celestine and associated sulfur...associated with brown fluorite from Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, grace most museum collections. Other noteworthy...White Rock quarry, also in Ottawa County; the Portage area of Wood County; quarries in the Lime City area;
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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)
AND PROSPECTS IN TENNESSEE B Y L. C. GLENN* Deep well drilling began in Tennessee about a century ago...finding oil in the Spurrier district of Pickett county. A number of wells were drilled in the next few...few years and a pipe line was laid from the Wayne county, Kentucky, fields and production was maintained...the discovery of oil in 1915 at Oneida in Scott county in fissures in the St. Louis limestone at a depth...oil was found in the southern part of the same county at Glen Mary, in the St. Louis limestone at a depth
Report (issue)
Prepared in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water...Water-Supply Systems and Associated Water Use in Tennessee, 2005 Open-File Report 2010–1226 U.S. Department...photograph. Clinch River at Looney’s Gap, Hancock County, Tennessee, northeast of Knoxville. Photo by Melissa...Water-Supply Systems and Associated Water Use in Tennessee, 2005 By John A. Robinson and Jaala M. Brooks...Brooks Prepared in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CELESTITE IN BUFFALO COVE, FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE. • THOMAS L. KESLER. CONTENTS. PAGE Abstract... Mineral aggregates consisting of celestite, dolomite, calcite, andvery smallamounts of sphalerite...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
Report (issue)
notes and drafted several illustrations. The Tennessee Division of Geology, especially Dr. W. F. Pond...late Mr. A. W. Evans of Petros, Tennessee, who had studied the Tennessee coal field for many years, gave................................ . Kentucky and Tennessee coal fields northwest of Pine Mountain .................... . Cross Mountain coal field, Tennessee .................. . ..... . .............. .. . Sequatchie...... . .................. . ............. . . Tennessee ................. . ......... . .............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...silver. "The Agency Creek, McDevitt District, Lemhi County, Idaho, radioactive ores (found in that District...employees and the community of Rosiclare."—Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois."— The Crittenden...to say about Marengo Cave, which is in Crawford County in southern Indiana (near Marengo). "Marengo Cave...banded red agates in his area. Melrose is in Monroe County in southern Iowa. KANSAS — Pink celestite xls have
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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
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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 (issue)
____ Marble and limestone___________________ Tennessee marble belts______________ Virginia marble belts________________...Thomson________________________________ Limestone and dolomite, by George E. Ericksen ·and Dennis P. Cox____...Construction materials-Continued Limestone and dolomite~Continued Occurrences in Appalachia_ ______________... Columnar sections of Pennsylvanian rocks in Tennessee and Kentucky____ 13. Tectonic map of the Appalachian...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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
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,
Book (volume)
the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of clays. Lesser...51 and 579 yield good specimens of Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite...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
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the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of clays. Lesser...51 and 579 yield good specimens of Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite (fluorescent), , Galena, Marcasite...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
Report (issue)
northeastern Washington an unnamed limestone and dolomite of Early Mississippian age suggests miogeosynclinal...northeastern Washington the unnamed limestone and dolomite of Early Mississippian age mentioned in interval...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
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,
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...TOTO) 305 Calcination Conditions for Limestone, Dolomite and Magnesite. By JoHN E. ConLey. (T.P. 1037,...commercially important production of refractory dolomite and modified dolomites is not discussed here,...for use as an additive to dolomite in the formulation of the modified dolomite refractories has proved
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
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
Report (volume)
meridian of 70° 30'. from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Houry S. AVilliams... 1C. Oil the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 80pp. 3...57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Poridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31pp. 1 pi...mountain at Wilson gap, Tennessee.......... 99 Section of Pine mountain, Tennessee........................atlas sheet, Tennessee ...................... 100 Section in Fentresa county, Tennessee ............
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...Basin shows Abercrombie formation below Young Peak dolomite and above Busby quartzite. Underlies and named
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;
Report (issue)
listings ....... 4 ............ 9 3. State and county codes used in NAWDEX listings ........ 10 4...are in or near the Daniel Boone in Kentucky and Tennessee, Hoosier in Indiana, Jefferson in Virginia, Monongahela...Maryland Michigan Missouri Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia West Virginia State Federal coal ownership...eastern Kentucky (fig. 2). Overton and Fentress Counties, Tennessee, are included in this area, even though...agency codes and table 3 identifies the state and county-codes. The site codes used for all the listngs
Book (edition)
schist Quartz and pumicite conglomerate 5.5) Dolomite Calcite Chalk to 9 Silt Tron oxides Limestone...e 0.20 Turkey: Kalah. .. Gumuch. Samos..... USA. Virginia... Chester, Mass..| New York New York...Creek, Rabun County, Georgia; at Corundum Hill, Macon County, and at Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina;...Carolina; at Clover, York County, South Carolina; and in Gallatin County, Montana. A few other deposits...in Canada in 1876 in Raglan Township, Renfrew County, Ontario. There are three recognized belts.
 
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