Commodities
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlVeins Localized By Overthrust Faults And Related Structures (Maher, 1970)
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Cochran Conglomerate, Chilhowee Group, Quartzite & Conglomerate
StructureGreat Smoky Fault A Short Distance To Southeast.
Tectonic settingFolded Blue Ridge Province
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10025892
MRDS IDK001867
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.91398, -83.09988
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