Williams Mine

Producer in Cocke county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110218
MRDS ID W000024
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Mine
Related records 10251245

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.99986, 35.91676 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.99986, 35.91676

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Follows Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BARITE REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULTS IN PRECAMBRIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Del Rio

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951, IN USGS BULL 1072 B

  • Deposit

    MAHER, 1970, TENN. DIV. GEOL. RI28

  • Production

    (ITEM 1) FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951,SEE REFERENCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1971 Brobst, D.A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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