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Tva Drill Hole Oostanaula Creek 9 + 82

Occurrence in McMinn county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025865
MRDS ID K001833
Record type Site
Current site name Tva Drill Hole Oostanaula Creek 9 + 82
Related records 10154271

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.55353, 35.46593 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.8 MILE E OF MALONE CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McMinn(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Athens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee McMinn

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS FOUND IN DRILL CORE FROM EXPLORATORY DRILLING FOR FOUNDATION AT DAM SITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Sphalerite 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 Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite And Limestone;Kingsport Formation, Ordovician, Dolomite And Limestone
    Rock description Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite And Limestone;Kingsport Formation, Ordovician, Dolomite And Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.55353, 35.46593
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Solution-Collapse Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Discoverer U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville

Mining district

District name Sweetwater Barite District-Eastern Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS AT OOSTANAULA CREEK DAM SITE: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY INTERNAL REPORT, SEPTEMBER 1964, 8 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT-GRAY, FINE-TO COARSE-GRAINED RECRYSTALLINE DOLOMITE WHICH SHOWS BRECCIATION WITH OPEN-SPACE FILLINGS OF VERY COARSE BARITE, LESSER AMOUNTS OF PURPLE FLUORITE, AND TRACES OF SPHALERITE. ; 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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