Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlBedding Plane Fault, Sheared Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite
GangueAnkerite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Cochran Conglomerate, Unicoi Group, Arkosic Quartzite & Conglomerate
StructureNortheast-Trending Strike Belt, Great Smoky Fault
Tectonic settingFolded Blue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1880'S, 1916
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10026038
MRDS IDK002494
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.93092, -83.08515
References
MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, P. 401951 COMPILE FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL.1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV.FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57