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B.C. Wood Barite Mine

Past Producer in Loudon 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202069
MRDS ID K000982
MAS/MILS ID 0471050005
Record type Site
Current site name B.C. Wood Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names B.C. Wood, Brown Mine/Number 4 Mine
Related records 10025276

Comments on the site identification

  • # MAY BE SAME AS CEDAR FORK MINE, SEQ. NO. 0471050037.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.51492, 35.6787 (WGS84)
Elevation 314

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loudon(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pattie Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watts Bar Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Loudon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.51492, 35.6787
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE IS MINED FROM CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN KNOX DOLOMITE RESID

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B.C. WOOD AND NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY

Comments on development

  • OPERATION INCLUDES CONCENTRATION OF THE ORE IN A LOG WASHER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K000982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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