| Deposit ID | 10025826 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001788 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hudson Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bertha Mine |
| Related records | 10129281 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.37658, 35.60232 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4.5 MILE EAST OF SWEETWATER, ON EAST SIDE OF BALLARD MINE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Monroe(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Monroe |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone;Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite And Limestone;Residuum, Recent |
| Rock description | Kingsport Formation, Dolomite & Limestone;Mascot Dolomite, Dolomite And Limestone;Residuum, Recent |
| (1) | -84.37658, 35.60232 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Strike Belts |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | UP TO 1918 |
| District name | Sweetwater Barite District-Eastern Belt |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001788 |
GORDON, C.H., 1918, BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE SWEETWATER DISTRICT, EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE, V. 8, NO. 1, P. 48-82
LAURENCE, R.A., 1939, ORIGIN OF THE SWEETWATER, TENN. BARITE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 190-200.
LAURENCE, R.A., 1960, GEOLOGIC PROBLEMS IN THE SWEETWATER BARITE DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258-A (BRADLEY VOLUME), P. 170-179.
MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENN. DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 28, 40 P.
1918 OTHER GORDON, C.H., TENN. GEOL. SURV., REPORT
1939 OTHER LAURENCE, R.A., ECON. GEOL., REPORT
PENHALLEGON, W.J., 1938, BARITE IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY GEOLOGIC BULL. NO. 9, 47 P.
1960 OTHER LAURENCE, R.A., AM. JOUR. SCI., REPORT
1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W., TENN. DIV. GEOL., REPORT
GORDON, C.H., 1918, TENN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RES. OF TENN.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PINNACLES IN PITS CONSIST OF BRECCIATED CHERTY LIMESTONE CONTAINING BARITE, FLUORSPAR, AND LIMONITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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