Mine detail: Betts Sandy Bottom Property

Previously called 'Betts MineAnd Gillespie Mine.Includes the Nettie MineMartha MineRollins Chemical Company Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.86731, -82.75542

Resource(B)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1818

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1884

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Gneiss
Structure:Mine Ridge Thrust Fault

References

MRDSK002603
DEP10026128
Reference{Deposit:: ORIEL, S.S., 1950, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HOT SPRINGS WINDOW, MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 60, P. 70}{Deposit:: DAHNERS, L.A., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE DEL RIO AND STACKHOUSE BARITE DEPOSITS, COCKE COUNTY, TENN., AND MADISON COUNTY, N.C.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RPT. INV. RI 4571, P. 26}{Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL DAHNERS, L.S., USBM REPT. INV. 4571}{Deposit:: 1950 OTHER ORIEL, S.S., N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 60}{Deposit:: HUNTER, C., AND MATTOCKS, P.W., 1936, REPORT ON BARITE IN THE VICINITY OF STACKHOUSE, NORTH CAROLINA, MADISON COUNTY: TENN. VALLEY AUTHORITY OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 3}
ReporterHale, Robin C.