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Sunset Hills Barite Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025102
MRDS ID K000053
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Hills Barite Occurrence
Related records 10300006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.51542, 36.50119 (WGS84)
Elevation 421
Relative position 0.75 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT PATRICK HENRY DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingsport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(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 Tertiary

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.51542, 36.50119
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: KNOX GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: BARITE IN RESIDUAL CLAY OVER UPPER KNOX AND AS VEINS IN BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
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

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, TENN DIV GEO

Reporter information

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

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