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Nuns Cove Barite-Zinc Prospect

Occurrence in Sevier county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025766
MRDS ID K001706
Record type Site
Current site name Nuns Cove Barite-Zinc Prospect
Related records 10129597

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.40099, 35.87538 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.9 MILE SSE OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shady Grove(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 Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Upper Part Of Knox Group;Residuum; Recent
    Rock description Upper Part Of Knox Group;Residuum; Recent
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cochran Conglomerate
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS IN RESIDUUM AND BEDROCK OF UPPER KNOX GROUP. BARITE AND SPHALERITE ARE REPORTED AT THIS LOCALITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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