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Ballard Mine & Mill

Past Producer in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299868
MRDS ID K001787
MAS/MILS ID 0471230020
Record type Site
Current site name Ballard Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Div. - Hrebb Mine, Monroe Mine
Related records 10025825, 10227340

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.38051, 35.604 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.38051, 35.604
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE IS MINED FROM THE RESIDIUM OF THE KINGSPORT FORMATION
  • THE MASCOT DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Baroid Division, National Lead Industries Inc.
    ID 4000744

Comments on development

  • OPERATION INCLUDES A MILL AT THE MINE SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001787

  • Deposit

    NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS; PRESUMED INACTIVE.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81 - ONLY 1981 REFERENCE.

Reporter information

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

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

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