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Spence Barite Mine

Past Producer in Cocke 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026039
MRDS ID K002495
Record type Site
Current site name Spence Barite Mine
Related records 10178945

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.09043, 35.93092 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.7 MILE NORTH OF MORGAN GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cocke(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neddy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLE WHITE BARITE ANALYZED BY TENN. DIV. GEOL.: 93.48% BASO4, 0.51% BACO3, 5.30% SIO2, 0.45% FE2O3, 0.32% AL2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Erwin Formation, Quartzite
    Rock description Erwin Formation, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.09043, 35.93092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 48 DEG S
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BARITE IS DENSE AND PLATY, SOME OF IT IS PINKISH OR STREAKED WITH RED, BUT THE MAJORITY IS WHITE. THIN AND POLISHED SECTIONS OF THE BARITE-BEARING MATERIAL SHOW THE GRANULATED, MYLONITIC NATURE OF THE SHEARED ROCK AS WELL AS MICROSCOPIC FOLDING AND SLICING. PYRITE AND CARBONATE ARE ABSENT IN BOTH THE VEIN AND HOST ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Mr. Spence
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Del Rio Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Spence
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on development

  • THE MINE OPENED AROUND 1900 AND BECAME IDLE AFTER A YEAR OR TWO. LAND WAS FORMERLY OWNED BY TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON COMPANY, WHICH MAY STILL RETAIN THE MINERAL RIGHTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1951 COMPILE FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FERGUSON AND JEWELL (1957) CONSIDER THE SPENCE DEPOSIT AS BELONGING TO THE WILLIAMS TYPE, BECAUSE OF ITS OCCURRENCE ALONG A SHEAR ZONE AND ITS PLATY HABIT. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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