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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Chattanooga Shale Drill Hole (Prospect)Nashville Plant-Uss Agri-Chemical (Plant)Tennlite Quarry No. 1 (Producer)Baker (Prospect)National Cemetery Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Bannister Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
6 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

National Cemetery Mine

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Fluorite) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as past producer for Lead. Minerals mentioned: Galena, Fluorite. Approx. location 36.235, -86.734. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

4
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

2
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Barite 2Limonite 1Fluorite 1Galena 1Sphalerite 1

Commodities

Barium-Barite 3Bloating Material 1Lead 1Uranium 1Fluorine-Fluorite 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
National Cemetery MineLeadBarite, Fluorite, Galena, SphaleritePast Producer36.235, -86.734
Bannister MineBarium-BariteBarite, LimonitePast Producer36.116, -86.564
Tennlite Quarry No. 1Bloating Material—Producer36.374, -86.756
Bannister MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer36.116, -86.564
National Cemetery MineBarium-Barite—Past Producer36.235, -86.734
Chattanooga Shale Drill HoleUranium—Prospect36.261, -86.875
Baker——Prospect36.348, -86.766
Nashville Plant-Uss Agri-ChemicalFluorine-Fluorite—Plant36.163, -86.778

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 46 fossil collection records in Davidson County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Sumner County · Robertson County · Cheatham County · Williamson County · Wilson County

Tennessee mineral guides

Back to all Tennessee counties.

Related articles

How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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