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Beetree Knob Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Cocke county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025892
MRDS ID K001867
Record type Site
Current site name Beetree Knob Barite Prospect
Related records 10129024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.09988, 35.91398 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MILE E AND SE OF BEETREE KNOB

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Cocke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Cochran Conglomerate, Chilhowee Group, Quartzite & Conglomerate
    Rock description Cochran Conglomerate, Chilhowee Group, Quartzite & Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.09988, 35.91398
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Great Smoky Fault A Short Distance To Southeast.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 30 DEG N
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Localized By Overthrust Faults And Related Structures (Maher, 1970)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BEETREE KNOB DEPOSIT IS CONSIDERED AS BELONGING TO THE MOCCASIN GAP TYPE OF BARITE DEPOSIT. THE BARITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE. AGE OF MINERALIZATION: LATE - OR POST - PALEOZOIC ( FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951 )

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Del Rio Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 259.08M

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 7 PITS AND SHORT TRENCHES, 4 OF WHICH ARE PARTLY FILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. 28, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1951 OTHER FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MAHER, S.W. TENN. DIV. GEOL., RPT. INV. 28

  • Production

    FERGUSON AND JEWELL, 1951, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 57

Reporter information

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

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