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Blowing Cave 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025764
MRDS ID K001703
Record type Site
Current site name Blowing Cave Mine
Related records 10251039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.34099, 35.89787 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2 MILE WEST OF BLOWING CAVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chestnut Hill(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ACCORDING TO MAHER (1970), THIS MAY BE THE FIRST BARITE DEPOSIT NOTED IN TENNESSEE.

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 Residual Clay;Upper Knox Group, Dolomite & Limestone
    Rock description Residual Clay;Upper Knox Group, Dolomite & Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.34099, 35.89787
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1800'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS REPORTED AS BEING SMALL.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS SMALL AND LIMITED IN EXTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KAIN, J.H., 1819, REMARKS ON THE MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND EASTERN PART OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 1, P. 60-67.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1819 COMPILE KAIN, J.H., AM. JOUR. SCI. REPORT

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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