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Meade Mine

Past Producer in Russell county in Virginia, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025679
MRDS ID K001598
Record type Site
Current site name Meade Mine
Alternate or previous names Mead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.02095, 36.96646 (WGS84)
Elevation 536
Relative position 7 KM (4.4 MI) SOUTHWEST OF HONAKER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lebanon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Russell

Comments on the location information

  • MINE INCLUDES OPENINGS ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF CLINCH RIVER. THE UTM COORDINATES FOR THE EASTERN MOST OPENING ARE N 4091500, E 409280, ELEVATION IS 1760 FT (537 M). THE EASTERN CUT BEGINS 10 FT (3 M) ABOVE THE RIVER AND EXTENDS NORTHEASTWARD 9 M (30 FT) THROUGH BEDROCK INTO THE SIDE OF THE HILL. IT IS ABOUT 100 M (328 FT) EAST OF CLINCH RIVER AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A TRIBUTARY TO THE CLINCH RIVER. THE WESTERN OPENING IS ABOUT 70 M (230 FT) WEST OF CLINCH RIVER. THE MINE IS WITHIN THE PURCHASE BOUNDARY OF THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD QUALITY BARITE BUT COMMERCIAL RESERVES EXHAUSTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.02095, 36.96646
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Copper Ridge Syncline, Copper Creek Fault, Honaker Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 30 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Intersecting Veins , Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Russell-Tazewell County Barite Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF COMMERCIAL RESERVES IN ANY OF THE OLD WORKINGS ON THIS PROPERTY.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS. THE EASTERN OPENING WAS ABOUT 9 M (30 FT) LONG. NO OTHER DIMENSIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1880 AND 1908. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.

  • Deposit

    ? DIREXPL ? -DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE

  • Production

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EDMUNDSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS IN RESIDUAL CLAY IN THE WESTERN WORKINGS AND AS VEINS IN DOLOMITE IN THE EASTERN WORKINGS. THE STRIKE AND DIP ABOVE REFER TO THE BEDROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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