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Howard Mine

Past Producer in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025831
MRDS ID K001795
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Mine
Related records 10201940

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.42131, 35.57288 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.4 MILES SOUTH OF EAST SWEETWATER, AND ON SW SIDE OF TENN. RT. 68

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Comments on the location information

  • AREA OF MAIN PIT INCLUDES COORDINATES OF MAHER (1970) OF 433,100N 2,469,250E; ADDITIONAL HOWARD PITS ARE SITUATED AT 432,600N 2,469,100E AND 432,500N 2,467,600E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.42131, 35.57288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Solution-Collapse Breccias

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum; Breccia Zones, Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sweetwater Barite District-Eastern Belt

Comments on the production information

  • GORDON (1918) STATES THAT THE MINE HAD PRODUCED ABOUT 50,000 TONS OF ORE BY THE TIME OF HIS WRITING. PRODUCTION WAS FROM NODULAR BARITE-BEARING CLAY RESIDUUM.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.88HA

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OLDEST WORKINGS ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BRANCH. AN 18-FOOT SHAFT IN ONE OF THE NORTHERN PITS REPORTEDLY FAILED TO REACH BEDROCK.

Comments on development

  • THE HOWARD BARITE MINE IS SAID (GORDON, 1918) TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PRODUCING MINE IN THE DISTRICT. ; ECON.COM: THOUGH ABUNDANT, BENEFICIATION OF FLUORITE IS NOT ECONOMICALLY PRACTICAL USING CURRENT METHODS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    LAURENCE, R.A., 1939, ORIGIN OF THE SWEETWATER, TENN. BARITE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 190-200.

  • Deposit

    LAURENCE, R.A., 1960, GEOLOGIC PROBLEMS IN THE SWEETWATER BARITE DISTRICT, TENNESSEE: AM. JOUR. SCI., V. 258-A (BRADLEY VOLUME), P. 170-179.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1918 OTHER GORDON, C.H., TENN. GEOL., SURV., REPORT

  • Deposit

    PENHALLEGON, W.J., 1938, BARITE IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY GEOLOGIC BULL. NO. 9, 47 P.

  • Deposit

    1939 OTHER LAURENCE, R.A., ECON. GEOL., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1960 OTHER LAURENCE, R.A., AM. JOUR. SCI., REPORT

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    GORDON, C.H., 1918, TENN. GEOL. SUR., RESOUR. OF TENN.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RESIDUAL ORE OCCURS IN POCKETS ALTERNATING WITH LEAN OR BARREN AREAS. PINNACLES OF BEDROCK IN THE PITS SHOW BRECCIATED DOLOMITE CEMENTED BY BARITE AND FLUORITE, CHERT, AND LIMONITE (PROBABLY AFTER PYRITE). EVIDENCE OF OPENSPACE FILLING, INCLUDING CRUSTIFICATION AND BANDING, IS ABUNDANT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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