| Deposit ID | 10025883 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001857 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brushy Mountain Barite Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Bee Branch Barite Prospect |
| Related records | 10202061 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -82.94431, 35.89926 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.6 MILE SE OF WOLF CREEK BRIDGE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cocke(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Paint Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Asheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Cocke |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose | ||
| Rock unit name | Longarm Quartzite, Snowbird Group Quartzite, Arkose;Longarm Quartzite, Snowbird Group, Quartzite Or Arkose | ||
| Rock description | Longarm Quartzite, Snowbird Group Quartzite, Arkose;Longarm Quartzite, Snowbird Group, Quartzite Or Arkose | ||
| |||
| (1) | -82.94431, 35.89926 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Brushy Mountain Thrust Fault-Klippe |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Klippe |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Del Rio Barite District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Forest Service |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001857 |
FERGUSON, H.W., AND JEWELL, W.B., 1951, GEOLOGY AND BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE DEL RIO DISTRICT, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57, 235 P.
MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.
1951 COMPILE FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL.
1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV.
FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROSPECT IN NEAR THE CREST OF A RIDGE WHICH IS CAPPED BY A KLIPPE OF LONGARM QUARTZITE; THE QUARTZITE HAS BEEN THRUST OVER THE WILHITE AND SANDSUCK FORMATIONS OF THE WALDEN CREEK GROUP (TVA FILE MAPS). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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