Peach Orchard Mine

Past Producer in Unicoi county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129261
MRDS ID K000975
MAS/MILS ID 0471710016
Record type Site
Current site name Peach Orchard Mine
Related records 10025271, 10202495

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -82.52126, 36.13789 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -82.52126, 36.13789

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Zinc Co.
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONEILL, J.F. ET AL, RECONN. OF EAST TENN. MN. DEPOSITS, UNPU

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPT., 1954, P. 168

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 52, P. 267

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references