Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlBedding Plane Fault Or Sheared Zone, According To Ferguson & Jewell (1951).
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Cochran Conglomerate, Chilhowee Group, Quartzite & Conglomerate
StructureBedding Averages N. 45 Deg. E And Dips 45 To 60 Deg S. Mine Is In Proximity To The Great Smoky Fault.
Tectonic settingFolded Blue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1880'S TO 1907
First production1885
Identification
Deposit ID10025889
MRDS IDK001864
Alternate namesMccoy Barite Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.93592, -83.06626
References
GORDON, C.H., 1920, BARITE DEPOSITS IN UPPER EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 23, P. 65-70.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.1920 OTHER GORDON, C.H., TENN. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 231951 OTHER FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 571970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL. RPT. INV. 28FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57FERGUSON, H.W., AND JEWELL, W.B., 1951, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57.