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White 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 10025137
MRDS ID K000102
Record type Site
Current site name White Manganese Prospect
Related records 10226552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.16763, 36.39147 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF HUNTER

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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS CENTER OF AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.16763, 36.39147
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THEREFORE THERE IS LITTLE LIKELYHOOD OF AN ORE BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer C. H. White Sr.

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. H. White Sr

Comments on the production information

  • A

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LITTLE CHANCE OF ORE BODY

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS SCATTERED OVER 3 ACRES 22 PITS & TRENCHES IN AREA. 50 HAND AUGER HOLES 10-12 FT DEEP.

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, 136P.

  • Deposit

    REICHERT, S.O., 1942, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 50, 212P.

  • Deposit

    1942 COMPILE TENN DIV GEOL

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON KING AND OTHERS

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE KING & FERGUSON

  • Production

    TENN DIV GEOL BULL 52

Reporter information

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

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