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Pall Mall Mine

Past Producer in Fentress 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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025812
MRDS ID K001769
Record type Site
Current site name Pall Mall Mine
Related records 10299639, 10154137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.96382, 36.55425 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE NORTH OF PALL MALL ON SHORT HORN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fentress(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pall Mall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Corbin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obey(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Fentress

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION STOPPED IN 1942 BECAUSE KNOWN DEPOSITS EXHAUSTED

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 St. Louis Formation, Limestone;Warsaw Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description St. Louis Formation, Lst;Warsaw Limestone, Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.96382, 36.55425
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE AS SMALL SAND-SIZE TO 3-FOOT LUMPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1933
Production years 1933-1942

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wolf River Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATE DETERMINED BY 13 ACRES MINED X 5000 TONS/ACRE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 76.893HA

Comments on the workings information

  • BARITE IN ZONE 6 INCHES TO ONE FOOT ABOVE GREEN CLAY. ORE IS POCKETY AND SEEMS TO BE MORE ABUNDANT WHERE CHERT FRAGMENTS ARE NUMEROUS OVERBURDEN IS 10 TO 60 FEET THICK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPOR

  • Production

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO INDICATION OF VEIN FOUND IN UNDERLYING ROCK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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