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Dry Fork Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Cocke county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron
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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 10025884
MRDS ID K001858
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Fork Barite Prospect
Related records 10129426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.95154, 35.88481 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE SE OF DRY POND GAP

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cocke

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Longarm Quartzite, Quartzitic Arkose
    Rock description Longarm Quartzite, Quartzitic Arkose
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.95154, 35.88481
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Brushy Mountain Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 75 DEG E
    Dip 40 DEG S
    Thickness 0.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault Or Fracture Cleavage Slips In Hanging Wall Of Brushy Mountain Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE IS PLATY LIKE THE WILLIAMS TYPE OF DEPOSIT FOR THE MOST PART, BUT SOME CRYSTALLINE ORE IS PRESENT. SOME IS FAIRLY PURE, ALTHOUGH THE BARITE CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF UNREPLACED ARKOSE. PODS AND VEINLETS OF GLASSY QUARTZ OCCUR IN THE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Del Rio Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. L. Bradshaw

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT WORK IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DONE DURING 1916 OR 1917. NO BARITE ORE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. ; ECON.COM: THINNESS OF VEINS PRECLUDES POSSIBILITY OF AN ECONOMIC BARITE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1951 OTHER FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W. TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 28

  • Production

    FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FERGUSON AND JEWELL (1951) STATE THAT THE FRACTURE CLEAVAGE SLIPS ALONG WHICH THE BARITE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED INTERSECT THE BRUSHY MOUNTAIN THRUST FAULT AT DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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