Shofner Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Hamilton county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Barium-Barite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10025759
MRDS ID	K001696
Record type	Site
Current site name	Shofner Barite Prospect
Related records	10226725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-85.16133, 35.03594 (WGS84)
Relative position	1.5 MILE NORTH OF EAST BRAINERD SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamilton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Tennessee	Hamilton

Comments on the location information

LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
Rock unit name	Residuum, Clay;Knox Group, Limestone And Dolomite
Rock description	Residuum, Clay;Knox Group, Limestone And Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Conasauga Group, including Maynardville Limestone, Nolichucky Shale, the Maryville, Rogersville, and Rutledge Formations, Pumpkin Valley Shale, Rome Formation, and Shady Dolomite	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the workings information

PROSPECT HAS BEEN OBSCURED BY CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 75.

Comments on development

LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROSPECT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	K001696

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.