Mine detail: Mooneyham Barite Mine

Location:	Cocke County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.9287, -82.98654
dep_id:	10025886
mrds_id:	K001860
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Barium-Barite
Trace mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Barite, Limonite
gangue:	Ankerite
orebody_fm:	PINCH AND SWELL
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Weathering And Residual Accumulation
ore_ctrl:	Bedding Place Fault, Shear Zone (Ferguson & Jewell, 1951)
Reporter:	Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit:	Cochran Dolomite, Chilhowee Group, Conglomerate & Quartzite
hrock_type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Bedding Strikes To The Northwest And Is Cut Off East Of The Workings By The Buffalo Rock Thrust Fault.
tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge
Year first produced:	1895
disc_yr:	1895
prod_yrs:	189*, 1903, 1914
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, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57 Reserve-Resource:: FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57