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Cardens Bluff Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025140
MRDS ID K000105
Record type Site
Current site name Cardens Bluff Manganese Mine
Related records 10226472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.11428, 36.30676 (WGS84)
Elevation 683
Relative position 3.5 NORTHEAST OF HAMPTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watauga Dam(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

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS NEARBY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES - 30.0-36.56% MN, 9.05-10.0% FE, 22.51-25% SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Early Lithologic Types;Rome Formation, Shl-Siltstone;Quartzite Member-Erwin Formation
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Early Lithologic Types;Rome Formation, Shl-Siltstone;Quartzite Member-Erwin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.11428, 36.30676
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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

  • NO BEDROCK EXPOSED AT MINE ; GEOL.DESC: REDS SHALES OF ROME FORMATION EXPOSED 0.5 MILE NORTH; QUARTZITES OF ERWIN FORMATION EXPOSED HIGHER ON POND MOUNTAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Production years PRE-1917, 1917-1918

Mining district

District name Hampton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reynolds, A. D., Bristol Va-Tenn And Mc Queen, L. L. Of Butler, Tn.

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^36.56 % Mn Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 37wt-pct
  • Year 1918
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^30. % Mn Average
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 30wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE ABANDONED 1918 BECAUSE UNSATISFACTORY GRADE & WORKINGS REACHED PROPERTY BOUNDARY

Comments on the workings information

  • MANGANESE CUT 200 FEET LONG X 60 OR 80 FEET WIDE X 10 FEET DEEP, 3 SUBSIDIARY OPENINGS SHAFT AT HEAD OF CUT; IRON WORKINGS 600 FT TO SOUTHEAST & ABOUT SAME SIZE AS ABOVE

Comments on development

  • FIRST WORKED FOR FE PRE-WWI, 1917-1918 WORKED BY REYNOLDS & MCQUEEN; ABANDON 1918; PROSPECTING 1940

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 RECON KING, P.B. AND OTHER

  • Production

    KING, P.B., 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL 52.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME MANGANESE MAY REMAIN IN MINE,EXTENSION TO EAST. FLOAT MN OXIDES REPORTED ON CREST OF RIDGE SOUTHWEST OF MINE BUT NOT PROSPECTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit First Production Year: PRE WORLD WAR I FOR IRON; 1917 FOR MANGANESE
Deposit WORKINGS IN RESIDUAL CLAY OF SHADY DOLOMITE. DOLOMITE NEARBY DIPS 60 TO 70 NORTHWEST

Reporter information

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

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