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West 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 10025209
MRDS ID K000898
Record type Site
Current site name West Baptist Hollow Manganese Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.50708, 36.1512 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF COVE AND IS WEST 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. ADIT AT TENN. COOR. 3029070 E., 656,800 N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE PROBABLY PRODUCED 1/4 OF ALL MANGANESE ORE MINED IN COVE

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;Hampton Formation, Siltstone, Shl, Arkose, Quartzite;Unicoi Formation, Arkosic Sst, Quartzite, Cgl
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite;Hampton Formation, Siltstone, Shl, Arkose, Quartzite;Unicoi Formation, Arkosic Sst, Quartzite, Cgl
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.50708, 36.1512
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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

  • MINE IN CLAY OVERLAIN BY SOME GRAVEL; IS NEAR OUTCROP OF ERWIN FORMATION. MANGANESE BEARING CLAY OCCURS IN STREAKS, IRREGULAR IN DISTRIBUTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Production years 1935-1938; 1939-1940; 1942

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1943 DRILL RECORDS INDICATE DEEP MANGANESE ORE BODY REMAINS IN AND NEAR MINE

Workings at the site

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT COVERS ABOUT ONE ACRE.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING IN 1918 AND 1934; 3 ADITS DRIVEN IN 1935; DEEP ORE MINED UNDERGROUND 1935-1938, DRILLING IN 1937-1938 SHOWED SHALLOW ORE WHICH WAS MINED OUT IN 1938-1940; SOME ORE MINED BY HAND IN 1942.

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, 82 P

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J

  • Production

    RODGERS, J. TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

  • Reserve-Resource

    RODGERS, J. TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54.

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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