Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlBedding Place Fault, Shear Zone (Ferguson & Jewell, 1951)
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Limonite
GangueAnkerite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Cochran Dolomite, Chilhowee Group, Conglomerate & Quartzite
StructureBedding Strikes To The Northwest And Is Cut Off East Of The Workings By The Buffalo Rock Thrust Fault.
Tectonic settingFolded Blue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1890'S, 1903, 1914
First production1895
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10025886
MRDS IDK001860
Alternate namesMonohan Barite Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.9287, -82.98654
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, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57