Orebank Barite Mine

Past Producer in Sullivan county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102268
MRDS ID K001607
Record type Site
Current site name Orebank Barite Mine
Related records 10178951

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.43679, 36.56841 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORE BANK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.43679, 36.56841

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description On Hanging Wall Of The Clifts Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONEYMAKER, B.C., 1961, OCCURRENCE OF IRON ORE MINERALS IN THE UPPER KNOX DOLOMITE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE ACAD. SCI. JOUR. V. 36, NO. 1, P.23-37.

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S.W., 1964, THE BROWN IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY REPT. INV. 19, 63 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON T.V.A., REPORT

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, REPORT

  • Production

    MAHER, S.W., 1970, TENN. DIV. GEOL. R.I. 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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