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Ritts Ridge Manganese Prospect

Occurrence 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 10025133
MRDS ID K000097
Record type Site
Current site name Ritts Ridge Manganese Prospect
Related records 10129139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.1054, 36.41814 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST 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

  • ANOTHER PROSPECT PIT AT COORD. 760700N, 3145600E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.1054, 36.41814
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clay Developed On Shady Dolomite Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

  • 15 HAND AUGER TEST HOLES-35 FEET DEEP OVER 2 ACRES

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. AND OTHER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO SIZEABLE ORE BODY INDICATED BY PROSPECTING OR HAND AUGER HOLES

Reporter information

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

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