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Nidifer Branch Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Carter 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091843
MRDS ID K000095
Record type Site
Current site name Nidifer Branch Barite Prospect
Related records 10251002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.08401, 36.39508 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF CARTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(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 Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY SMALL AMOUNT BARITE NONE OUTSIDE PROSPECT AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Aragonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.08401, 36.39508
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein In Bedrock & Residual Lumps In Residual Clay

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • COLLAPSED SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP KING, P.B. AND OTHERS

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE S. W. MAHER; TENN. DIV. GEOL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS SUGGEST NARROW EAST NORTHEAST TRENDING VEIN IN DOLOMITE
Deposit FLOAT CRYSTALLINE BARITE MASSES UP TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER, SOME SHOW DOLOMITE RHOMS, BLOCKS OF LAYERED FIBROUS ARAGONITE UP TO 3 FEET WIDE MINGLED WITH VARITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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