| Location: | Cocke County, Tennessee, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.88981, -82.9457 |
| dep_id: | 10025882 |
| mrds_id: | K001856 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Trace mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Pyrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| ore_ctrl: | Fault Zone |
| Reporter: | Hale, Robin C. |
| hrock_unit: | Longarm Quartzite, Quartzite & Arkose;Wilhite Formation, Slate |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | Brushy Mountain Thrust Fault |
| tectonic: | Folded Blue Ridge Province |
| Year first produced: | 1901 |
| prod_yrs: | 1900-1947 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.W., AND JEWELL, W.B., 1951, GEOLOGY AND BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE DEL RIO DISTRICT, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57, 235 P.
- Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.
- Deposit:: 1951 COMPILE FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL.
- Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV.
- Production:: FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57
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