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Wilson Hill Mine No. 1

Past Producer in Johnson 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026412
MRDS ID K005029
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Hill Mine No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.87151, 36.37425 (WGS84)
Elevation 849
Relative position SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF THE SUMMIT OF WILSON HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boone(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(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 Johnson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE OCCURS PRIMARILY AS HARD MANGANESE OXIDES IN BOTH NODULAR AND MASSIVE TABULAR LENSES MIXED WITH IRON OXIDES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Rome Formation, Mudstone;Shady Dolomite, Dolomite
    Rock description Rome Formation, Mudstone;Shady Dolomite, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.87151, 36.37425
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending High - Angle Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ()

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IS LOCATED IN STEEPLY DIPPING MUDSTONES OF THE ROME FORMATION ADJACENT TO OR SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST OF A NORTHEAST-TRENDING FAULT WHICH PLACES SHADY DOLOMITE OVER THE ROME FORMATION. JASPEROID LEDGES AT THE WESTERN END OF THE MINE DIP VERY STEEP TO VERTICAL. KING AND FERGUSON (1960) NOTED THAT THE JASPEROID LEDGES LIE ON STRIKE WITH A KNOWN FAULT TO THE SOUTHWEST. BARTHOLOMEW (1976) FOUND JASPEROID LEDGES AT THE WESTERN END OF MINE #1 DIPPED STEEP TO VERTICAL. BOTH ROME QUARTZITE AND SHADY DOLOMITE ARE FOUND ABUNDANTLY AS FLOAT AND WITHIN BRECCIATED AREAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner P. Jones
  • Type Owner
    Owner N. Jeeter

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXCAVATED STRIP IS MORE THAN 1000 FEET LONG AND VARIES FROM 100 TO 300 FEET WIDE AND FROM 10 TO 50 FEET DEEP. THREE MAJOR PITS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE STRIP: 1) AT A POINT JUST SOUTH OF THE SUMMIT OF THE HILL, 2) APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE SUMMIT, AND 3) FURTHER NORTHEAST WITHIN THE ADJOINING MOUNTAIN CITY, TENN. QUADRANGLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTHOLOMEW, M. J., IN PROGRESS 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES SUMMARY OF THE SHERWOOD QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SECTION MRS 214-SE

  • Deposit

    KING, P. B. AND FERGUSON, H. W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROF. PAPER 311, 136 P.

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 311.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Bartholomew, Mervin J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Fagan, James M. Tennessee Valley Authority

Beyond USGS

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