Mine detail: Blowing Cave Mine

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Location: Sevier County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.89787, -83.34099
dep_id: 10025764
mrds_id: K001703
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Residual Clay;Upper Knox Group, Dolomite & Limestone
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Dolomite
prod_yrs: EARLY 180*.
References:
  • Deposit:: KAIN, J.H., 1819, REMARKS ON THE MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND EASTERN PART OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 1, P. 60-67.
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: 1819 COMPILE KAIN, J.H., AM. JOUR. SCI. REPORT
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL. RPT. INV.
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