Lipps Ridge Prospect

Prospect in Carter 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 10178623
MAS/MILS ID 0470190016
Record type Site
Current site name Lipps Ridge Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -82.07294, 36.43038 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(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 Carter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -82.07294, 36.43038

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Stony Creek

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Virginia Iron, Coal, And Coke Co. (Mineral Rights)
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Cherokee National Forest
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT, 1954, P. 133

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 52, PLATE 1 AND PAGE 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-83 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