| Location: | Cocke County, Tennessee, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.93092, -83.08515 |
| dep_id: | 10026038 |
| mrds_id: | K002494 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Ankerite |
| orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| conc_proc: | Weathering |
| ore_ctrl: | Bedding Plane Fault, Sheared Zone |
| Reporter: | Hale, Robin C. |
| hrock_unit: | Cochran Conglomerate, Unicoi Group, Arkosic Quartzite & Conglomerate |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | Northeast-Trending Strike Belt, Great Smoky Fault |
| tectonic: | Folded Blue Ridge |
| disc_yr: | 1885 |
| prod_yrs: | 188*, 1916 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, P. 4
- 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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