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J. L. Camp Barite Mine

Past Producer in Monroe 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025252
MRDS ID K000951
Record type Site
Current site name J. L. Camp Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names No. 2
Related records 10202137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.41798, 35.57427 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF SWEETWATER, TENN. ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF TENN. HWY. 68

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

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 Knox Dolomite, Dolomite
    Rock description Knox Dolomite, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.41798, 35.57427
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sweetwater District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner National Lead Industries (Baroid Division)
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. L. Camp
    Home office Sweetwater, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • THREE ACRES MINED 1971-1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1970; BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. NO. 28, 40P

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972; T.D.G., T.V.A., U.S.B.M.

  • Production

    TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY 1972 MINE INVENTORY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD PITS. ONE-HALF ACRE MINED IN 1972. ABANDONED JUNE 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Johnson, Robert W. U.S. Geological Survey

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