| Deposit ID | 10025129 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K000092 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lost Creek Barite Mine |
| Related records | 10202064 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.8599, 36.33009 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 335 |
| Relative position | 3.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHARPS CHAPEL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Union(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Maynardville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clinch, Tennessee, Virginia(hydrologic unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Union |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||
| Rock unit name | Mascot Formation, Dolomite;Dot Formation, Limestone-Argillite-Shl | ||
| Rock description | Mascot Formation, Dolomite;Dot Formation, Lst-Argillite-Shl | ||
| |||
| (1) | -83.8599, 36.33009 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Powell River Anticine ; Reg.Trends: Ne |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Circular Collapse |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1935 |
| Year of first production | 1938 |
| Production years | 1938; 1965-1966 |
| District name | Clinch Valley Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. L. Ball |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of Tennessee |
| Home office | Tennessee |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 121.92M |
| Overall width | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K000092 |
FAGAN, J.M., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE LOST CREEK BARITE MINE, IN PAPERS ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND MINE GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSPORT AND MASCOT FORMATIONS (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 23, P. 40-44
MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.
FINLAYSON, C.P., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE MAYNARDVILLE QUADRANGLE, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY MRS-145-SE
CULLISON, J.S. & SCOTT, E.R., 1935 UNPUBLISHED REPORT: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.
PENHALLEGON, W.J., 1938, GEOLOGY BULLETIN 9: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.
1935 RECON CULLISON & SCOTT TVA
1965 COMPILE MAHER-FINLAYSON TN. DIV GEOL
1969 GEOLMAP FAGAN-TVA
MAHER, 1970
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NEARLY CIRCULAR BRECCIA BODY 150 FEET DIAMETER-HIGH ANGLE FRACTURES AROUND PERIPHERAL EDGE MINERALIZATION IN BRECCIA AND IN FRACTURES |
| Deposit | ONLY KNOWN MINABLE DEPOSIT OF EPIGENETIC ORE IN MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN ROCKS IN TENN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1972 | Fagan, James M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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