Mine detail: Lost Creek Barite Mine

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Location:	Union County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.33009, -83.8599
dep_id:	10025129
mrds_id:	K000092
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Barium-Barite
Trace mineral:	Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Barite, Limonite, Pyrite
gangue:	Sphalerite
other_matl:	Galena
work_type:	Surface
alteration:	Dolomatization
conc_proc:	Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl:	Collapse Breccia & Open Space Filling In Lower & Middle Ordovician Rocks
Reporter:	Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit:	Mascot Formation, Dolomite;Dot Formation, Limestone-Argillite-Shl
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Powell River Anticine ; Reg.Trends: Ne, Circular Collapse
Year first produced:	1938
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1935
prod_yrs:	1938; 1965-1966
References:	Deposit:: FAGAN, J.M., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE LOST CREEK BARITE MINE, IN PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, P. 40-44 Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28, 40 P. Deposit:: FINLAYSON, C.P., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MAYNARDVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY MRS-145-SE Deposit:: CULLISON, J.S. & SCOTT, E.R., 1935 UNPUBLISHED REPORT: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY. Deposit:: PENHALLEGON, W.J., 1938, GEOLOGY BULLETIN 9: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY. Deposit:: 1935 RECON CULLISON & SCOTT TVA Deposit:: 1965 COMPILE MAHER-FINLAYSON TN. DIV GEOL Deposit:: 1969 GEOLMAP FAGAN-TVA Production:: MAHER, 1970