Description
Colonel Oliver
Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryIron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlBedding Plane Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Limonite, Pyrite
GangueAnkerite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Unicoi Formation, Quartzite And Conglomerate
Tectonic settingFolded Blue Ridge Province
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916
First production1916
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10025888
MRDS IDK001862
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.94481, -83.0282
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.