Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryIron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlBedding Plane Fault And Related Shear Zone, According To Ferguson And Jewell (1951)
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Limonite, Pyrite
GangueAnkerite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Conglomerate · Cochran Conglom., Chilhowee Group Cgl & Quartzite
Tectonic settingFolded Blue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsPRE-1926, 1932-1933, 1937
First production1926
Identification
Deposit ID10025885
MRDS IDK001859
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.93953, -82.98904
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, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57