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Watson Barite Mine

Producer in Monroe 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106790
MRDS ID K000933
Record type Site
Current site name Watson Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names No. 3
Related records 10202039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.42436, 35.57316 (WGS84)
Elevation 323
Relative position THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF SWEETWATER, TENN. S.W. SIDE OF TENN. HWY. 68

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Watts Bar Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Knox Dolomite, Dolomite
    Rock description Knox Dolomite, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.42436, 35.57316
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1932
Production years 1932-1973

Mining district

District name Sweetwater District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner National Lead Industries (Baroid Division)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clinton Watson (Surface) National Lead (Minerals)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAHER, S. W., 1970; BARITE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPT. INV. NO. 28. 40P.

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1972, MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, JOINT COMPILATION.

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY 1973 MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Johnson, Robert W. U.S. Geological Survey

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