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Babbs Mill Barite Mine A

Past Producer in Greene 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. 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 10025094
MRDS ID K000041
Record type Site
Current site name Babbs Mill Barite Mine A
Related records 10251408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.79737, 36.25815 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 1.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BABBS MILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baileyton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Greene

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Honaker Dolomite
    Rock description Honaker Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.79737, 36.25815
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: CONASAUGA GROUP ; GEOL.DESC: BARITE IN RESIDUUM OVER HONAKER DOLOMITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fall Branch-Greeneville District

Comments on the production information

  • DATA NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS NOT AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER TENN.DIV.GEO

Reporter information

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

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