Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryIron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlBedding Plane Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Limonite, Pyrite
GangueAnkerite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Conglomerate · Unicoi Formation, Arkosic Quartzite, Grit, & Conglomerate
Tectonic settingFolded Blue Ridge Province
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916
First production1916
Identification
Deposit ID10102293
MRDS IDK001863
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.93648, -83.0257
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