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Taylor Ridge Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025103
MRDS ID K000055
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Ridge Manganese Mine
Related records 10251363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.08123, 36.4323 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTH OF CARTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Carter

Comments on the location information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS IN AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE 34.18 MN
Result 12.23 FE
Result 14.16 SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite;Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation, Sst & Shl;Upper Quartzite Member-Erwin Formation, Quartzite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite;Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation, Sst & Shl;Upper Quartzite Member-Erwin Formation, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.08123, 36.4323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS DIP 10-30 DEG. SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Production years 1925

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennessee Valley Manganese Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal And Coke Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE CUT-MOST ORE 40X20X10 FEET DEEP; SMALLER CUTS EAST & NORTH; ALSO HAND-DUG PROSPECT HOLES 10 TO 22 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • OPENED 1925 BY C.F. AMMONS, SOLD TO SCHULL & SLAGLE-IDLE TILL 1942 WHEN LEASED TO TENN VALLEY MANGANESE CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP KING, P.B

  • Production

    KING, P.B., 1944

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPOSE BROWN RESIDUAL CLAY, UNDERLAIN BY THIN ORE ZONE & BY MANGANIFEROUS SANDSTONE.
Deposit MINE ON BENCH THAT MAY BE OLD VALLEY FLOOR REMNANT CAPPED BY QUARTZITE GRAVEL AND UNDERLAIN BY RESIDUAL CLAYS OF SHADY DOLOMITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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