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Click Ridge Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Hawkins county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025119
MRDS ID K000079
Record type Site
Current site name Click Ridge Barite Prospect
Related records 10202605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.63708, 36.58175 (WGS84)
Relative position ON CLICK RIDGE 0.75 MILE NORTHWEST OF SENSABAUGH TUNNEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hawkins(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Church Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hawkins

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY NO ECONOMIC VALUE BUT IS MINERALOGICAL CURIOSITY DUE TO THE GREEN COLOR OF THE CRYSTALLINE BARITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Honaker Dolomite
    Rock description Honaker Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.63708, 36.58175
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: CONASAUGA GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: CLEAR CRYSTALLINE GREEN BARITE IN CALCITE VEIN HUNTER TVA FILE MENO DESCRIBES CALCITE DEPOSITION BY CAVE FILLING & HOT SOLUTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT PITS AND DUMPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROBST, D.A. AND HOBBS R.G., 1968, BARITE, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 270-277.

  • Deposit

    HUNTER, 1938, RECONNAISSANCE REPORT: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.

  • Deposit

    CALVER, 1942, RECONNAISSANCE REPORT: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON HUNTER TVA

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON CALVER TVA

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPIL MAHER, TENN DIV GEOL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY NO ECONOMIC VALUE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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