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Solomon Barite Mine

Past Producer in Greene 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025126
MRDS ID K000088
Record type Site
Current site name Solomon Barite Mine
Related records 10129425, 10251398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.72819, 36.3262 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Relative position 2.0 MILES NORTH OF UNION TEMPLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jearoldstown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "UNRESOLVED GEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND 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) -82.72819, 36.3262
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1956-1957

Mining district

District name Fall Branch-Greeneville District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Presnell
    Home office Elizabethton, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED UNDER NAME OF DOTTIE JANE MINING CO & LATER AS BA-FLO CO. SHIPPED CON TO CHARLESTON, W VA

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINING SUSPENDED DUE TO GRADE PROBLEMS FREIGHT COSTS & PRICE OF BARITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28, 40 P

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE TENN DIV GEOL, MAHE

  • Production

    MAHER 1970

Reporter information

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

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