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Hodge 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025135
MRDS ID K000100
Record type Site
Current site name Hodge Manganese Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.27929, 36.25092 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLIGAN COLLEGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson City(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
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.27929, 36.25092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ERWIN F M. TO SOUTHEAST OVERTURNED AND DIPS 60 SOUTH EAST. TO SOUTHWEST OFSET BY 2 CROSS FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer W. H. Kemler

Mining district

District name Hampton District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frances Hodge

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CAVED PITS

Comments on development

  • NOT WORKED SINCE 1918

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

Reporter information

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

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