Mine detail: Mud Tunnel Hollow Barite Mine

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Location: Cocke County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.92565, -83.09459
dep_id: 10026041
mrds_id: K002496
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Bedding Plane Fault, Shear Zone (Ferguson And Jewell, 1951)
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Cochran Conglomerate, Conglomerate
hrock_type: Quartzite
tectonic: Folded Blue Ridge
Year first produced: 1885
disc_yr: 1885
prod_yrs: 188*-189*
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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