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Mcreynolds Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Blount 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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025741
MRDS ID K001676
Record type Site
Current site name Mcreynolds Barite Prospect
Related records 10202629

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.13741, 35.7976 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF ISH CREEK, 2.5 MILES NNW OF FRIENDSVILLE SCHOOL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord(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)

Federal lands

Other Federal Agencies(Department)

Department UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Blount

Comments on the location information

  • THE SOUTHERN PIT IS AT THE NORTHWEST END OF THE ISLAND BETWEEN ISH AND GALLAGHER CREEKS, AT COORDINATES X = 2,552,700 ; Y = 515,500

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kingsport Formation, (Knox Group), Limestone;Residual Clay
    Rock description Kingsport Formation, (Knox Group), Limestone;Residual Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.13741, 35.7976
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East-West Striking Cross Folds (Dunlap, J. C.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 28, 40 P

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT

  • Deposit

    DUNLAP, JOHN C., 1945 BARITE PROSPECTS IN THE VICINITY OF FRIENDSVILLE, BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. MAP 3-191, OPEN-FILE REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "...LARGE AND SMALL PIECES OF BARITE CONTAINING ONLY A LITTLE IRON ARE SPREAD OVER THE SURFACE FOR 150 FEET UP THE HILL...". ON THE NORTHWEST END OF THE ISLAND, "...BLOCKS OF BARITE AS LARGE AS 2.5 FEET BY 6 INCHES...ARE FOUND". DUNLAP, JOHN C., OPEN-FILE REPORT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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