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Monroe

Producer in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Zinc, Lead
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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. 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 10025825
MRDS ID K001787
Record type Site
Current site name Monroe
Alternate or previous names Krebs Mine
Related records 10227340, 10299868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.38047, 35.60399 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD FROM BM LHT 1221, 4.5 MILES EAST OF SWEETWATER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweetwater(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 NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY'S WASHER IS SITUATED ON THE PROPERTY. THE WASHED PRODUCT IS TRUCKED TO THE BAROID DIVISION'S (OF NATIONAL LEAD) STOCKPILE AND RAILROAD SIDING 2 MILES SW OF SWEETWATER. THE BALLARD MINE JOINS THE HUDSON MINE (BERTHA MINE) ON THE WEST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chert Gangue
Iron Gangue

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) -84.38047, 35.60399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding; Breccia Or Solution-Collapse Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sweetwater Barite District - Eastern Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner National Lead Co. (Baroid Division)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS SOLELY FROM NODULAR BARITE-BEARING CLAY RESIDUUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH OF MINING IS CONTROLLED BY THICKNESS OF RESIDUUM, WHICH IS AS MUCH AS 60 FEET IN PLACES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FLUORITE COULD BE PRODUCED IF AN ECONOMICAL METHOD OF BENEFICIATION COULD BE DETERMINED. BRECCIA OR VEIN DEPOSITS IN DOLOMITE ARE UNECONOMIC.

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

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE PRODUCTION IS FROM RESIDUUM. PINNACLES IN THE PITS CONSIST OF BRECCIATED CHERTY LIMESTONE CONTAINING BARITE, FLUORSPAR, PYRITE, AND LIMONITE, WITH TRACE AMOUNTS OF SPHALERITE AND GALENA. LAURENCE (1939) STATES THAT VEIN-WALLROCK CONTACTS ARE SHARP, AND THAT VEINS ARE "GENERALLY LESS THAN FOUR INCHES IN WIDTH, THEY COMMONLY EXPAND AT INTERSECTIONS INTO LARGE IRREGULARLY SHAPED MASSES, AND ELSEWHERE THIN INTO MERE STRINGERS, OR PINCH OUT." HE FURTHER NOTES THAT THE VEINS ARE FISSURE FILLINGS AND EXHIBIT CRUSTIFICATION. THE PARAGENETIC SEQUENCE OF THE VEIN MINERALS IS CALCITE, PYRITE, SPHALERITE AND GALENA, FLUORITE, AND BARITE. THE VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH "CRACKLE BRECCIA", WHICH IN TURN IS ASSOCIATED WITH DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONE. SEE DISTRICT SUMMARY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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