| Deposit ID | 10025115 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K000072 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spivey Creek Barite Prospect A |
| Related records | 10299936 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.45235, 36.03787 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 866 |
| Relative position | 4.3 MILES SOUTH OF UNAKA SPRINGS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Unicoi(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Chestoa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Unicoi |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Basement Complex, Granitoid Rocks | ||||||
| Rock description | Basement Complex, Granitoid Rocks | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -82.45235, 36.03787 |
|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K000072 |
MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28, 40P
1970 COMPILE MAHER, TENN DIV GEO
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1972 | Fagan, James M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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