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Darky Tom Barite Mine

Past Producer 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026038
MRDS ID K002494
Record type Site
Current site name Darky Tom Barite Mine
Related records 10178254

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.08515, 35.93092 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.9 MILE NNW OF PIGEONROOST GAP

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 Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Ankerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.08515, 35.93092
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast-Trending Strike Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Great Smoky Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Thickness 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault, Sheared Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FERGUSON AND JEWELL (1951) BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL VEIN WAS "...A CARBONATED AND PYRITIZED BEDDING PLANE FAULT, OR SHEARED ZONE, CARRYING SPARSE BARITE IN DISCONNECTED PODS AND VEINLETS." THE SHEARED ZONE IS DESCRIBED AS CONSISTING OF 34 INCHES OF SHEARED AND FRACTURED QUARTZITE OVERLYING 32 INCHES OF INTENSELY SHEARED QUARTZITE CONTAINING COARSE CRYSTALLINE PODS AND STRINGERS OF BARITE. UNDERLYING THESE TWO ZONES IS A THIRD ZONE 42 INCHES THICK, OF CLAY AND "ROTTEN", SAND-FILLED BRECCIA CONTAINING TRACES OF BARITE. THE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS ARE ANGULAR AND RANGE UP TO 3 INCHES IN THICKNESS AND 6 INCHES IN LENGTH. AGE OF MINERALIZATION: LATE - OR POST - PALEOZOIC ( FERGUSON & JEWELL, 1951 ).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Production years 1880'S, 1916

Mining district

District name Del Rio Barite District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Stone
  • Type Owner
    Owner Flint Ray
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BARITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 17.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A 40-FOOT LONG TRENCH AND 46-FOOT AND 12-FOOT LONG DRIFTS. BARITE OCCURS AS THIN SEAMS AND PODS AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES THICK AND 2 FEET IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED AND OPERATED DURING 1880'S AND BECAME IDLE DURING THE 1890'S. A FEW TONS OF BARITE WERE PRODUCED IN 1916 BY A MR. STONE. THE LAND WAS OWNED BY A MR. FLINT RAY IN THE 1950'S, AND WAS FORMERLY A PART OF THE TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON COMPANY HOLDINGS. ; ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS REMOTE; ECONOMICALLY WORKABLE PART OF DEPOSIT IS THE UPPER, DEEPLY-WEATHERED PART.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1951 COMPILE FERGUSON & JEWELL, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit FERGUSON AND JEWELL (1951) CONSIDER THE DEPOSIT AS BELONGING TO THE MOCCASIN GAP TYPE, BECAUSE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF COARSE-CRYSTALLINE BARITE ALONG A BEDDING PLANE FAULT. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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