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White Oak Mountain

Occurrence in Bradley county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067827
MRDS ID W000678
Record type Site
Current site name White Oak Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.98049, 35.19872 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bradley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Cleveland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Bradley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lithiophorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.98049, 35.19872
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LITHIOPHORITE(PLUS OTHER MANGANESE OXIDES)OCCURS IN FORT PAYNE CHERT, FILLING CRACKS AND REPLACING THE ROCK . COBALT IN SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.37 TO 2.28%; AVERAGED ABOUT 1.0% MANGANESE(+CO)OXIDES CONCENTRATED NEAR SURFACE BY WEATHERING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Oak Mountain

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; PROBABLY SMALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND SCHRADER, F.C., 1923, USGS BULL. 737, P. 139

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.G., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-J, P. 265-285

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE SHAFTS; NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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