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J.F. Chapman Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Blount county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025745
MRDS ID K001680
Record type Site
Current site name J.F. Chapman Barite Prospect
Related records 10274665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.13185, 35.7751 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.05 MILE N OF SCHOOL IN FRIENDSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concord(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 Blount

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Mascot Dolomite; Dolomite;Residual Clay
    Rock description Mascot Dolomite; Dolomite;Residual Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.13185, 35.7751
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • BARITE FOUND IN AN AREA ABOUT 50 FEET SQUARE; THE FEW TEST PITS HAVE BEEN FILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 28, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    DUNLAP, J.C., 1945, BARITE PROSPECTS IN THE VICINITY OF FRIENDSVILLE, BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATETIC MINERALS INVENTORY PRELIMINARY MAP 3-191, OPEN-FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDROCK NOT EXPOSED AT SURFACE. IT IS REPORTED THAT BARITE CONTAINING MUCH IRON AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF GALENA WERE FOUND HERE. ; 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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