Mine detail: Dry Run Mine

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Location: Johnson County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.34425, -81.9179
dep_id: 10025761
mrds_id: K001699
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Weathering
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Residual Cla;Shady Dolomite, Light-Gray, Medium-Grained Dolomite
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belt
Year first produced: 1917
disc_yr: 1917
prod_yrs: 1917-1918; 1934-1935
discr: A.H. Mcqueen
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., AND RODGERS, J., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275 P.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136 P.
  • Deposit:: 1944 COMPILE KING, P.B., ET AL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52
  • Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP KING & FERGUSON, PROF. PAPER 311
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV.
  • Production:: KING, P.B., ET AL, 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52.
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