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Kodak Mine

Past Producer in Sevier 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10025763
MRDS ID K001702
Record type Site
Current site name Kodak Mine
Related records 10202478

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.62128, 35.9837 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.4 MILE NW OF OAK GROVE CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Douglas Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower French Broad(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sevier

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Residuum;Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone
    Rock description Residuum;Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.62128, 35.9837
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1939
Production years WWII

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith And Cate Farms

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF BARITE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE CATE FARM IN 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS MARK THE SMITH FARM DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 28, 40 P

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. OF INV. 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WWI

Reporter information

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

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