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Jones Mine

Past Producer 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025828
MRDS ID K001791
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Mine
Related records 10178283

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.40909, 35.5826 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.8 MILE SSE OF FORKNER CHAPEL

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

  • TVA FILE MAPS SHOW THAT JONES MINE LOCATION OF MAHER (1970) COINCIDES WITH FORKNER BARITE MINE.

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) Late Ordovician
  • 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) -84.40909, 35.5826
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    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 BULLETIN NO. 9, 47 P.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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