Johnson Mine

Past Producer in Loudon county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025843
MRDS ID K001808
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Mine
Related records 10129147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.52131, 35.66343 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NE OF LUTTRELL SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loudon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pattie Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Loudon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chert Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Sphalerite Unknown

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) -84.52131, 35.66343

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belts

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Solution-Collapse Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Discoverer J.F. Doherty & Associates
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Sweetwater Barite District-Western Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. F. Doherty And Associates

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH OF WORKINGS 15 FEET. SHAFT PENETRATED 45 FEET OF BARITE-BEARING RESIDUUM.

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

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO GORDON (1918), "THE LIMESTONE PINNACLES SHOWING IN THE MINE REPRESENT THE SHATTERED PORTION OF THE FORMATION RECEMENTED BY BARITE", AND "SPHALERITE...OCCURS IN PLACES ALONG WITH THE BARITE IN THE ORIGINAL VEIN MATTER." ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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