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Notchy Creek Barite Mine

Occurrence in Monroe 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025743
MRDS ID K001678
Record type Site
Current site name Notchy Creek Barite Mine
Related records 10251028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.36269, 35.47427 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Vernon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Kingsport Formation, Dolomite With Subordinate Limestone
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Kingsport Formation, Dolomite With Subordinate Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.36269, 35.47427
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sweetwater Barite District, Eastern Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • BEDROCK UNEXPOSED IN BRUSH-FILLED PIT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT APPARENTLY LIMITED IN TONNAGE AND EXTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THESE PITS WHICH OCCUR IN THE EASTERN BARITE BELT OF THE SWEETWATER BARITE DISTRICT. BARITE SCATTERED ABOUT THE PIT APPEARS TO CONTAIN ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF FLUORITE. ; 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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