| Deposit ID | 10025888 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001862 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oliver Barite Mine |
| Related records | 10154562 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.0282, 35.94481 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.7 MILE NNW OF DEL RIO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cocke(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Neddy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper French Broad(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Cocke |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Unicoi Formation, Quartzite And Conglomerate | ||||
| Rock description | Unicoi Formation, Quartzite And Conglomerate | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -83.0282, 35.94481 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 DEG E |
| Dip | 60 DEG S |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Discoverer | Colonel Oliver |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Production years | 1916 |
| District name | Del Rio Barite District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Krebs Pigment And Chemical Co. |
| Home office | Baltimore, Md. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Forest Service |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 12.19M |
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001862 |
FERGUSON, H.W., AND JEWELL, W.B., 1951, GEOLOGY AND BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE DEL RIO DISTRICT, COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 57, 235 P.
MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.
1951 OTHER FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57
1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W. TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 28
FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FERGUSON & JEWELL (1951) CONSIDER THE DEPOSIT AS UNDERLYING THE MOCCASIN GAP MEMBER OF THE UNICOI FORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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