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Wilson Hill Mine No. 2

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026414
MRDS ID K005032
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Hill Mine No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.86817, 36.3748 (WGS84)
Relative position ON SOUTH FLANK 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

Comments on the location information

  • HEAVILY OVERGROWN IN 1975 AND NOT VISITED BY BARTHOLOMEW.

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) -81.86817, 36.3748
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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 Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1940

Ownership information

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

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 AND FERGUSON, 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 31

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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