Mine detail: Oliver Barite Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 35.94481, -83.0282

Resource(B)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Barite, Limonite, Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1916
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host rock:Unicoi Formation, Quartzite And Conglomerate
Host type:Quartzite
Tectonic:Folded Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDSK001862
DEP10025888
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 OTHER FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57}{Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W. TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 28}{Production:: FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57.}
ReporterHale, Robin C.