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Horse Creek Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Sullivan 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091840
MRDS ID K000051
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek Barite Prospect
Related records 10178401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.61125, 36.43702 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTH OF FALL BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sullivan Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNRESOLVED GEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS & LACK OF INFORMATION MAKE EVALUATION OF FALL BRANCH-GREENEVILLE DIST. HAZARDOUS. MAHER 1970

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.61125, 36.43702
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: KNOX GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: BARITE IN RESIDUAL CLAY OVER UPPER KNOX DOLOMITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fall Branch-Greeneville District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, TENN DIV GEO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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