Caney Valley Barite Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154004
MRDS ID K000042
MAS/MILS ID 0470730010
Record type Site
Current site name Caney Valley Barite Mine
Related records 10025095

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -83.05767, 36.40788 (WGS84)
Elevation 375
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hawkins(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camelot(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Morristown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hawkins

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -83.05767, 36.40788

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CRIB RECORD NO. K000042.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY AND MAS SEQ# 0470730006 ARE PROBOBLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME ORE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-95 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.