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Unnamed Barite Occurrence 2

Occurrence in Greene 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026545
MRDS ID K005944
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Barite Occurrence 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.86765, 36.18815 (WGS84)
Elevation 384
Relative position 2.67 MILES SOUTH 55 DEG WEST OF KIDWELL POND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greene(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greeneville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Greene

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.86765, 36.18815
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faulted And Overturned Johnson Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccias

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LENOIR LIMESTONE IS SILTY AND NODULAR. THE LOWER MOSHEIM MEMBER IS MASSIVE AND APHANITIC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greeneville District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROKAW, A. L., DUNLAP, J. C., AND RODGERS, J., 1966 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MOSHEIM AND JOHNSON ANTICLINES, GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1222-A, 21 P

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP DUNLAP, BULL. 1222-A

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE BROKAW, BULL. 1222-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS OCCURRENCE IS IN THE LENOIR LIMESTONE ( BROKAW AND OTHERS, 1966 , PL. 2 ).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Geraci, Philip J. U.S. Geological Survey

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