Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlResidual Clays Over Shady Dolomite
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite
StructureSyncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of The Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1936; 1938-1939; 1942
First production1936
Identification
Deposit ID10025207
MRDS IDK000896
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.15203, -82.50514
References
RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, PP. 72-73.KING, P. B. AND OTHERS, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52. 275P.KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P.1944 RECON KING, P. B. AND OTHERS1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J.KING, P. B. AND OTHERS, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52