Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryZinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Iron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlCollapse Breccia & Open Space Filling In Lower & Middle Ordovician Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Limonite, Pyrite
GangueSphalerite
Other materialsGalena
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Mascot Formation, Dolomite;Dot Formation, Limestone-Argillite-Shl
StructurePowell River Anticine ; Reg.Trends: Ne, Circular Collapse
AlterationDolomatization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1938; 1965-1966
First production1938
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10025129
MRDS IDK000092
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.33009, -83.8599
References
FAGAN, J.M., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE LOST CREEK BARITE MINE, IN PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, P. 40-44MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.FINLAYSON, C.P., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MAYNARDVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY MRS-145-SECULLISON, J.S. & SCOTT, E.R., 1935 UNPUBLISHED REPORT: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.PENHALLEGON, W.J., 1938, GEOLOGY BULLETIN 9: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.1935 RECON CULLISON & SCOTT TVA1965 COMPILE MAHER-FINLAYSON TN. DIV GEOL1969 GEOLMAP FAGAN-TVAMAHER, 1970