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Lovelace 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025127
MRDS ID K000089
Record type Site
Current site name Lovelace Barite Mine
Related records 10251317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.65319, 36.40508 (WGS84)
Elevation 433
Relative position 0.3 MILE SOUTHEAST OF LOVELACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lovelace(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
United States Tennessee Washington

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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fall Branch-Greeneville District

Comments on the production information

  • DATA NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • NO RECORDS

Comments on development

  • OLD MINE-NO RECORDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE TENN DIV GEOL, MAHE

Reporter information

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

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