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Krebs Barite Mine

Past Producer in Cocke county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur-Pyrite, 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102292
MRDS ID K001855
Record type Site
Current site name Krebs Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Pond Ridge Barite Mine, Or Burnett Mine
Related records 10274710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.95404, 35.89315 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES ENE OF HARNOMY GROVE, TENN.

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

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS ARE SCATTERED ALONG THE HILLSLOPE FROM THE CREST OF A NORTHWEST PRONG OF BRUSHY MOUNTAIN ALMOST TO THE LEVEL OF ROCK CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF CARLOAD LOTS WAS 62.80% BASO4
Result 28.48% SIO2
Result 2.89% CAF2
Result AND 0.07% FE2O3 (FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.95404, 35.89315
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brushy Mountain Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Localized By Overthrust Faults And Related Structures (Maher, 1970).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE KREBS BARITE DEPOSIT IS CONSIDERED AS BELONGING TO THE WILLIAMS TYPE OF VEINS, BECAUSE IT IS SITUATED ON THE PLANE OF A MAJOR OVERTHRUST AND THE BARITE IS DISTINCTLY PLATY, DENSE, AND FINE-GRAINED (MAHER, 1970). FERGUSON AND JEWELL (1951) THE BARITE APPEARS TO BE A REPLACEMENT OF HIGHLY SILICEOUS SANDSTONE OR ARKOSE, AND ALSO OCCURS AS LOOSE BLOCKS RANGING UP TO 8 FEET IN THICKNESS, INTERMIXED WITH SOIL AND ALTERED QUARTZITE OR ARKOSE. AGE OF MINERALIZATION: LPAL OR POST - PAL ( FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951 )

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Production years 1917, 1944-1945, 1947

Mining district

District name Del Rio Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennessee Mining Co.
    Home office Jacksonville, Fl.
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 900 OUT OF 3,500 TONS MINED DURING 1944 CAME FROM THE OLD DUMPS AND TEST PITS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FERGUSON & JEWELL (1951) STATE THAT "...THERE ARE MANY THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ORE STILL TO BE WON ON THIS PROPERTY...THE REGOLITH IS UP TO 50 FEET THICK AND THE BARITE-BEARING PORTION EXTENDS OVER A CONSIDERABLE AREA."

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 487.68M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 LARGE OPENCUTS AND 25-30 SMALLER CUTS, PITS, AND TRENCHES. THE LARGEST CUT IS ROUGHLY CIRCULAR IN OUTLINE AND IS 90 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 15 TO 20 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WORKED BY J.T. WILLIAMS & SONS OF BRISTOL, TENNESSEE UNTIL 1917, WHEN IT WAS SOLD TO KREBS PIGMENT AND CHEMICAL COMPANY OF NEWPORT, DELAWARE. IN 1927, THE PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT BY BERTHA MINERAL COMPANY, A SUBSIDIARY OF NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY OF NEW YORK. BERTHA MINERAL COMPANY LEASED THE LAND TO CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR CORPORATION OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND IN 1943, WHO IN TURN SUBLEASED IT IN 1946 TO THE TENNESSEE MINING COMPANY OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. FIVE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE PUT DOWN BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES DURING THE FALL OF 1944, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO UNDERLYING ZONE OR VEIN OF BARITE-BEARING MATERIAL, THE DEPOSIT BEING A RESIDUAL ONE FROM AN OVERLYING ZONE THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED BY EROSION. ; ECON.COM: REGOLITH UP TO 50 FEET THICK OVER A CONSIDERABLE AREA CONTAINS BARITE THAT COULD BE MINED FROM THE SURFACE; HOWEVER, WATER IS LIMITED NEAR THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GORDON, C.H., 1920, BARITE DEPOSITS IN UPPER EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 23, P. 65-70.

  • 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

    1920 OTHER GORDON, C.H., TENN. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 23

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57

  • Reserve-Resource

    FERGUSON, H.W., AND JEWELL, W.B., 1951, TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAPS (TVA FILES) SHOW KREBS MINE AS BISECTED BY A THRUST FAULT, WITH THE WILHITE FORMATION ON THE HANGING AND FOOTWALLS. FERGUSON & JEWELL, (1951), CONSIDER THE KREBS DEPOSIT AS RESIDUUM FROM A KLIPPE OF THE BRUSHY MOUNTAIN THRUST SHEET. THEY FURTHER STATE THAT THE BARITE AND OTHER MINERALS WERE DEPOSITED ALONG OPEN FRACTURES AND MYLONITIZED ZONES RELATED TO THE FAULT. ; 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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