Mine detail: Orebank Barite Mine

Location:	Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.56841, -82.43679
dep_id:	10102268
mrds_id:	K001607
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Barium-Barite
Minor mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Barite, Limonite
conc_proc:	Residual Weathering
Reporter:	Fagan, James M.
Structure:	On Hanging Wall Of The Clifts Fault
References:	Deposit:: MONEYMAKER, B.C., 1961, OCCURRENCE OF IRON ORE MINERALS IN THE UPPER KNOX DOLOMITE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR. V. 36, NO. 1, P.23-37. Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1964, THE BROWN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 19, 63 P. Deposit:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28 Deposit:: 1961 RECON T.V.A., REPORT Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT Production:: MAHER, S.W., 1970, TENN. DIV. GEOL. R.I. 28.