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B. C. Wood Barite Mine

Producer in Loudon 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025276
MRDS ID K000982
Record type Site
Current site name B. C. Wood Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Brown Or No. 4 Mine
Related records 10202069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.51492, 35.67871 (WGS84)
Elevation 314
Relative position 3.5 MILES EAST OF PATTIEGAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loudon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pattie Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Loudon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Knox Dolomite, Dolomite
    Rock description Knox Dolomite, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.51492, 35.67871
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1971, 1972

Mining district

District name Sweetwater District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. C. Wood
  • Type Owner
    Owner B. C. Wood And National Lead

Comments on the production information

  • BARITE CONCENTRATES FROM LOG WASHER. PRODUCTION FIGURE IS FOR 1972.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE LEVELS OF CUT. MINING NOW ON LOWEST LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1970; BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY. REPT. INVES. NO. 28, P. 33

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972; T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M. MANUSCRIPT

  • Production

    INVENTORY TENNESSEE MINES AND PLANTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Johnson, Robert W. U.S. Geological Survey

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