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Fall Branch Cemetery Barite Prospect

Producer in Washington 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108951
MRDS ID K000037
Record type Site
Current site name Fall Branch Cemetery Barite Prospect
Related records 10178983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.62097, 36.41758 (WGS84)
Elevation 469

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sullivan Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ACCORDING TO MAHER (1970) AN EVALUATION OF THE FALL BRANCH-GREENEVILLE DISTRICT IS DIFFICULT. SO FAR NONE OF THE DEPOSITS OPENED THERE HAVE BEEN BIG PRODUCERS. TO SOME EXTENT THIS MAY BE DUE TO A GENERALLY THIN SOIL COVER, AND POSSIBABLY BECAUSE THE MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED RATHER THAN DISPERSED. SOME EVIDENCE FAVORS CONTROL BY MINOR FAULTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.62097, 36.41758
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: KNOX GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: BARITE IN RESIDUAL CLAY OVER KNOX GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Fall Branch-Greeneville District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Kemler

Comments on development

  • BARITE REMOVED DURING THE DIGGING OF GRAVES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 28, 40 P

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE TENN DIV GEOL, MAHE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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