Commodities
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockArkose · Longarm Quartzite, Snowbird Group Quartzite, Arkose;Longarm Quartzite, Snowbird Group, Quartzite Or Arkose
StructureBrushy Mountain Thrust Fault-Klippe
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10025883
MRDS IDK001857
Alternate namesBee Branch Barite Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.89926, -82.94431
References
FERGUSON, H.W., AND JEWELL, W.B., 1951, GEOLOGY AND BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE DEL RIO DISTRICT, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57, 235 P.MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.1951 COMPILE FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL.1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV.FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57