| Lat / long: | 35.9287, -82.98654 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Tertiary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Barite, Limonite |
| Gangue: | Ankerite |
| Orebody form: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| Discovery year: | 1895 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 189*, 1903, 1914 |
| First production started: | 1895 |
| Host rock: | Cochran Dolomite, Chilhowee Group, Conglomerate & Quartzite |
| Host 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 |
| MRDS | K001860 |
| DEP | 10025886 |
| Reference | {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} |
| Reporter | Hale, Robin C. |