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East Baptist Hollow Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Unicoi 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025207
MRDS ID K000896
Record type Site
Current site name East Baptist Hollow Manganese Mine
Related records 10226857

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.50514, 36.15203 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Relative position ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF BUMPASS COVE EAST OF FORKS OF BAPTIST HOLLOW BRANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(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 Unicoi

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.50514, 36.15203
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of The Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO STREAKS OF MN-BEARING CLAY EXPOSED. PSYLOMELANE TYPE NODULES IN SOUTHEAST BODY EMBEDDED IN CLEAN YELLOW CLAY; NORTHWESTERN BODY CONTAINS SOFT PYROLUSITE MIXED WITH CLAY AND SMALL AMOUNT OF HARD OXIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1936
Production years 1936; 1938-1939; 1942

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.382HA
    Overall length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE COVERS ABOUT ONE ACRE, IS IN RESIDUAL CLAYS UNDER GRAVEL AND SLOPE WASH

Comments on development

  • SMALL PIT OPENED FOR MANGANESE IN 1936; ORE BODY DETERMINED BY DRILLING 1937-1938; MINED BY POWER EQUIPMENT 1938-1939; MINED BY HAND IN 1942 IN FLOOR OF SHOVEL CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, PP. 72-73.

  • Deposit

    KING, P. B. AND OTHERS, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52. 275P.

  • 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 OTHERS

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J.

  • Production

    KING, P. B. AND OTHERS, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OF SHADY DOLOMITE HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND RECRYSTALLIZED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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