Cox Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025101
MRDS ID K000052
Record type Site
Current site name Cox Barite Prospect
Related records 10129099

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.58875, 36.45591 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Relative position 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN GARDIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sullivan Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNRESOLVED GEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND THE LACK OF INFORMATION MAKE ANY EVALUATION OF THE FALL BRANCH-GREENEVILLE DIST. HAZARDOUS,MAHER 1970

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.58875, 36.45591

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: KNOX GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: BARITE IN RESIDUAL CLAY OVER KNOX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fall Branch-Greeneville District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28, P.15-17,30

  • Deposit

    PURDUE, A.H., 1912, THE ZINC DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOL. SUVEY, BULL. 14, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 31, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    1912 COMPILE PURDUE,A.H.; TENN DIV GEOL, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP SECRIST,M.H.; TENN DIV GEOL, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, TENN DIV GEOL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE-BEARING ROCK INCLUDES SPHALERITE WITH DOLOMITE GANGUE AND BARITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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