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Matlock Barite Mine

Past Producer in Loudon county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025768
MRDS ID K001711
Record type Site
Current site name Matlock Barite Mine
Related records 10299903

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.4077, 35.77399 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.5 MILE NORTHWEST OF MATLOCK CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loudon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Loudon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Knox Group, Dolomite & Limestone
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Knox Group, Dolomite & Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.4077, 35.77399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sweetwater Barite District - Western Belt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT AMOUNT OF BARITE PRODUCED IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SMALL.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINE WAS ABANDONED, PRESUMABLY BECAUSE OF DEPLETION OF ORE

Reference information

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

Reporter information

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

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