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C.C. Patrick Prospect

Past Producer in Loudon county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025742
MRDS ID K001677
Record type Site
Current site name C.C. Patrick Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.36463, 35.77427 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.8 MILE WSW OF NEW PROVIDENCE CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loudon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lenoir City(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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Upper Part Of Knox Dolomite, Gray, Finely Crystalline, Cherty Dolomite
    Rock description Upper Part Of Knox Dolomite, Gray, Finely Crystalline, Cherty Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.36463, 35.77427
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Production years 1916 - 1917

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner An Alabama Barite Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SECRIST (1924) STATES THAT BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINING WERE CARRIED ON, BUT PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT GIVEN. PRODUCTION, IF ANY, WAS PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN 100 FEET IN A S 30 DEG E DIRECTION.

Comments on development

  • SECRIST (1924) STATES THAT SEVERAL PITS AND A TUNNEL WERE DUG DURING 1917 - 1918, AND THAT THEY HAD SINCE FALLEN IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., BULL. 31, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1958, THE ZINC INDUSTRY OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., INF. CIR. NO. 6, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    1924 COMPILE SECRIST, M.H., TENN. DIV. HEOL., BULL.

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV.

  • Production

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 31.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE IS MOST ABUNDANT, FOLLOWED BY GALENA, PYRITE, AND SPHALERITE; FLUORITE CRYSTALS LOCALLY RIM THE BARITE. COARSE-CRYSTALLINE GANGUE DOLOMITE AND CALCITE ARE ALSO PRESENT IN VARYING AMOUNTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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