Mine detail: White Rock Hollow Barite Mine

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Location: Cocke County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.92231, -83.07904
dep_id: 10026043
mrds_id: K002498
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Sheared Zone
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Cochran Conglomerate, Quartzite & Conglomerate
hrock_type: Quartzite
tectonic: Folded Blue Ridge
Year first produced: 1916
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, P. 4
  • 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
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