Mine detail: Nidifer Branch Barite Prospect

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.39508, -82.08401
dep_id: 10091843
mrds_id: K000095
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
gangue: Aragonite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Vein In Bedrock & Residual Lumps In Residual Clay
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP KING, P.B. AND OTHERS
  • Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE S. W. MAHER; TENN. DIV. GEOL
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