L. Thompson Mine

Past Producer in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025821
MRDS ID K001783
Record type Site
Current site name L. Thompson Mine
Alternate or previous names Clyde Or Clyne Mine
Related records 10128991

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.36185, 35.61482 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.85 MILE W OF FORK CREEK SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Madisonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Comments on the location information

  • THE CLYDE OR CLINE MINE, REFERRED TO BY GORDON (1918) AS THE NORTHERLY OPENING MADE ON THE HOWARD VEIN (EAST)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

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) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone;Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite & Limestone;Clay Residuum
    Rock description Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone;Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite & Limestone;Clay Residuum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.36185, 35.61482

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sweetwater Barite District-Eastern Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Doherty And Mcmahan
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • BEDROCK IN PIT OF CLYNE MINE APPEARS TO BE NEARLY HORIZONTAL. THICKNESS OF BARITE-BEARING RESIDUUM RANGES FROM 1 TO 45 FEET, AT THE CLYNE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GORDON, C.H., 1918, BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE SWEETWATER DISTRICT, EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE, V. 8, NO. 1, P. 48-82

  • Deposit

    LAURENCE, R.A., 1939, ORIGIN OF THE SWEETWATER, TENN. BARITE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 190-200.

  • Deposit

    LAURENCE, R.A., 1960, GEOLOGIC PROBLEMS IN THE SWEETWATER BARITE DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258-A (BRADLEY VOLUME), P. 170-179.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1918 OTHER GORDON, C.H., TENN. GEOL. SURV., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1939 OTHER LAURENCE, R.A., ECON. GEOL., REPORT

  • Deposit

    PENHALLEGON, W.J., 1938, BARITE IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY GEOLOGIC BULL. NO. 9, 47 P.

  • Deposit

    1960 OTHER LAURENCE, R.A., AM. JOUR. SCI., REPORT

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GORDON (1918) STATES THAT "THE PINNACLES SHOWING THROUGH THE CLAY IN THE MINE CONSIST OF SHATTERED DOLOMITE CEMENTED TOGETHER WITH BARITE." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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