Mine detail: Harmon Barite Prospect

Previously called 'Nell Harmon Prospect'

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Location: Greene County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.19231, -82.85154
dep_id: 10025098
mrds_id: K000046
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
work_type: Surface
alteration: Dolomitization
conc_proc: Residual Concentration
ore_ctrl: Breccias
Reporter: Fagan, James M., Geraci, Philip J.
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Thrust Faulted And Overturned Johnson Anticline, Thrust Faults
tectonic: Platform Carbonates
References:
  • Deposit:: BROKAW, A.L., DUNLAP, J.C., AND RODGERS, JOHN, 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MOSHEIM AND JOHNSON ANTICLINES, GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-A, A1 - A21
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP DUNLAP, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1222-A
  • Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE BROKAW, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1222-A
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, TENN DIV GEOL
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