Shofner Barite Prospect

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

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10226725
MRDS ID	K001696
MAS/MILS ID	0470650005
Record type	Site
Current site name	Shofner Barite Prospect
Related records	10025759

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-85.16134, 35.03591 (WGS84)
Elevation	227

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamilton(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Tennessee	Hamilton

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Barium-Barite Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	Conasauga Group, including Maynardville Limestone, Nolichucky Shale, the Maryville, Rogersville, and Rutledge Formations, Pumpkin Valley Shale, Rome Formation, and Shady Dolomite	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0470650005
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	K001696	MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

Deposit

REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K001696.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	15-NOV-1983	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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