Commodities
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Iron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBedding Plane Fault Or Fracture Cleavage Slips In Hanging Wall Of Brushy Mountain Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Hematite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArkose · Longarm Quartzite, Quartzitic Arkose
StructureBrushy Mountain Thrust Fault
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10025884
MRDS IDK001858
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.88481, -82.95154
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 OTHER FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 571970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W. TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 28FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57