Mine detail: Mud Tunnel Hollow Barite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.92565, -83.09459

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	188 *-189 *
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Cochran Conglomerate, Conglomerate
Host type:	Quartzite
Tectonic:	Folded Blue Ridge

References

MRDS	K002496
DEP	10026041
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hale, Robin C.