Mine detail: Tva Drill Hole Oostanaula Creek 9 + 82

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Location: McMinn County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.46593, -84.55353
dep_id: 10025865
mrds_id: K001833
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Solution-Collapse Breccia
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite And Limestone;Kingsport Formation, Ordovician, Dolomite And Limestone
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
disc_yr: 1965
discr: U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville
References:
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P.
  • Deposit:: PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS AT OOSTANAULA CREEK DAM SITE: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY INTERNAL REPORT, SEPTEMBER 1964, 8 P.
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPOR
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