Cardens Bluff Mine

Past Producer 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226472
MRDS ID K000105
MAS/MILS ID 0470190028
Record type Site
Current site name Cardens Bluff Mine
Related records 10025140

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.11154, 36.30569 (WGS84)
Elevation 683

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watauga Dam(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)

Pond Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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

Ore Body (1) -82.11154, 36.30569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fess Smith (Part Of Surface Rights)
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tennessee Valley Authority (Part Of Surface Righs)
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Reynolds, A. D. (Part Of Mineral Rights)
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner L. L. Mcqueen
    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 REPORT, 1954, PP. 143-144

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 52, PLATE 1 AND PP. 228

  • Deposit

    USGS CRIB RECORD NO. K000105, 12/81.

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