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Casey Hollow Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Washington 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025261
MRDS ID K000963
Record type Site
Current site name Casey Hollow Manganese Mine
Related records 10129266

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.50097, 36.15537 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF COVE ON SPUR BETWEEN CASEY AND ROCK QUARRY HOLLOWS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(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 Washington

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.50097, 36.15537
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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 Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Year of first production 1942
Production years 1942

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, DRIFTS AND STOPES. ORE BODY IS IRREGULAR BUT ROUGHTLY LENSE SHAPED DIPPING SOUTHEAST

Comments on development

  • L30 <DRILLING> DISCOVERED ORE IN 1938 BUT UNABLE TO MINE DUE TO EXCESSIVE OVERBURDEN. 1942 TWO TUNNELS DRIVEN INTO SPUR AND ORE MINED FROM DRIFTS AND STOPES. A FEW SURFACE PITS PRODUCED ORE.

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, JOHN, 1948, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

Reporter information

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

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