Unnamed Barite Occurrence

Occurrence in Roane county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Barium-Barite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10091868
MRDS ID	K001701
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed Barite Occurrence
Related records	10300522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-84.40131, 35.88399 (WGS84)
Relative position	0.85 MILE NE OF CEMETERY AT POPLAR SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Roane(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clinch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Tennessee	Roane

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Barium-Barite Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Barite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
Rock unit name	Residuum, Residual Clay;Kingsport Formation, Dolomite And Limestone
Rock description	Residuum, Residual Clay;Kingsport Formation, Dolomite And Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Nolichucky Shale, and Maryville, Rogersville, and Rutledge Formations, and Pumpkin Valley Shale	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	K001701

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P
Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SO FAR AS IS KNOWN, NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND GRADE OF BARITE AT THIS LOCALITY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-DEC-1973	Hale, Robin C.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.