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Red Bird Hill Bauxite Mine

Past Producer in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron
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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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025108
MRDS ID K000061
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird Hill Bauxite Mine
Alternate or previous names New Mine
Related records 10153937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.20291, 36.39286 (WGS84)
Elevation 713
Relative position 1.4 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF KEENBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keenburg(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.20291, 36.39286
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Republic Mining And Manufacturing Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. S. Graves

Comments on the production information

  • DETAILS NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 75 FT LONG X 40 FT WIDE X 20 FT DEEP,WALLS BADLY SLUMPED;CAVED PORTAL LOWER ON SLOPE

Comments on development

  • FIRST OPENED BY SOUTHERN MINERALS CORP;NO PRODUCTION

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

    KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND SCHRADER, F.C., 1923, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 737, 154P.

  • Deposit

    1923 RECON STOSE & SCHRADER

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP KING AND OTHERS

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE KING & FERGUSON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEST FACE OF CUT IN YELLOW RESIDUAL CLAY; MATERIALS FROM TUNNEL ON DUMP ARE FRAGMENTS OF LOW GRADE BAUXITE & LIMONITE;SMALL OREBODY INDICATED ; 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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