Mine detail: B. C. Wood Barite Mine

Previously called 'Brown Or No. 4 Mine'

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Location: Loudon County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.67871, -84.51492
dep_id: 10025276
mrds_id: K000982
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Barite
conc_proc: Residual Concentration
Reporter: Johnson, Robert W.
hrock_unit: Knox Dolomite, Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
prod_yrs: 1971, 1972
References:
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S. W., 1970; BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY. REPT. INVES. NO. 28, P. 3
  • Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY
  • Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972; T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M. MANUSCRIPT
  • Production:: INVENTORY TENNESSEE MINES AND PLANTS
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