| Deposit ID | 10251074 |
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| MAS/MILS ID | 0470110004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Oak Mountain Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Artz Property |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.96883, 35.24321 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 378 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
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)
Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga(hydrologic unit)
Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Bradley |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chert | Unknown |
| Clay | Unknown |
| Kaolin | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Lithiophorite | Unknown |
| Psilomelane | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -84.96883, 35.24321 |
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| Strike | N20E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 12S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4828M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 915M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 1.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Oak Mountain |
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| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ed Hysinger |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Ohio |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dr. L W King |
| Home office | Ohio |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 6800mt commodity | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 6800mt commodity | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 6800mt commodity | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0470110004 |
CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPORT FILE NO. T-6-MN CO
WHITE OAK MINE, MANGANESE, BRADLEY CO., TENN.: MEMORANDUMS,
AL COMUNICATIONS, MIN. AND GEOL. REPTS. 1916-1945.
O'NIELL, J.F., ET.AL., CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED BU MINES RI,
OF E. TENN. MANGANESE DEPOSITS, 1954, P.243, FILED: MANG., J
CO., TENN., NO. 14.031
PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL 940-J- 1943, PP 275-276
REICHERT, STANLEY O., TENN. DIV. OF GEOLOGY BULL 50, 1942,P.
STOSE, G.W., AND SHRADEN, F.C., USGS BULL 737, 1923, PP 139-
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORDS 800-844 OF 1975 ENTRY RECORD 700- GEN. INFO. FOR ALL RECORDS. RESERVES- MEMO. TO HERON, WAR PRODUCTION BOARD, FROM W.C. MENDENHALL, DEC. 30, RECORD 703 - OWNERSHIP DATA RECORD 706 - MINE MAPS, COBALT INFO., RECORDS 050-080. RECORD 707 - RECORDS 060, 080. RECORD708- RECORDS 030, 060, 070 REC 030 MN DEPOSITS ARE ON THE MIDDLE AND NORTH PROSPECTS. N WITH REFERENCE TO THE NORTHERNMOST CUT ON MID. PROS.(MAP R RECORD 040/ DEPOSIT IS 8-9 MILES NW OF CLEVELAND AND 4 MI. W A MAJOR ROAD MAX SUR. AREA DISTURBED WAS ROUGHLY MEASURED FROM A MAP BY P AND INCLUDES ONLY THE PRINCIPAL MN AREAS, NORTH AND MIDDLE D RECORD 050/ PRODUCTION RECORDS ARE POOR. MINE ACTIVE IN 195 703). SOME PROSPECTING DONE BETWEEN 1911-1918. DEPOSIT EXA AND SAMPLED BY BU MINES (1942) AND PIERCE AND BU MINES (1943 IN 1941 BUTLER BROTHERS OF MINNEAPOLIS CUT 4000 FT OF TRENCH NORTH RIDGE EXPOSING POOR SHOWINGS OF MN. TRENCHING ON S. RI SHOWED LESS MN BUT MORE IRON. A TRENCH ON S END OF PROPERTY FT BY 2-3 FT BY 15 FT DEEP IN 1951 AND WAS TO BE 300 FT LONG COMPLETE. A SECOND OF COMPARABLE DIMENSIONS WAS ALSO PLANNED 3 CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED W/O AUTHORIZATION ABOUT 1935 AND IN 10 TONS OF SELECTED ORE WAS RECOVERED FROM 200 TN OF MATERIA AND PILED BY OPEN PITS RECORD 060/ CHERT IS BRECCIATED. DENSITY OF CLAY IS 2.2 REC 070 7 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.37 TO 2.28% COBALT AND AVG (REC 706). DATA FROM SEVERAL ANALYSIS ARE IN REC 700. RECORD 080/ MN OCCURS AS FRACTURE FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENT I (FT PAYNE) OR AS NODULES OR FRAGS. IN CHERTY RESIDUAL CLAY. CHERT ORE OUTCROPS ON THE HIGHER RIDGES AND IS BRECIATED OR TO PRODUCE 3 IN BLOCKS. REPLACEMENTS OF MN OX RANGE FROM THI INGS ON BEDDING AND JOINTING TO COMPLETE ORE BLOCKS. TYPICAL MATERIAL HAS LOW MN-CHERT RATIO AND WOULD REQUIRE CRUSHING&J ON BENCHES BELOW, CHERTY ORE-BEARING CLAY HAS ACCUMULATED. M PROBABLY DERIVED FROM FT PAYNE IN WHICH ORE WAS CONCENTRATED CIRCULATING GROUND WATER. WEATHERING HAS BOTH SET FREE ORIGI AND REDEPOSITED IT AS LUMP ORE. ORE IS PRIMARILY IN CONCRETI LAYERS AROUND A CHERT NUCLEUS. DEPOSITS DISTRIBUTED IN A WID 3 MI ALONG RIDGE. DEPOSITS ON DIP SLOPE OF ERRODED OVERTURNE CLINE. SHAFTS PASSED THRU CHERT INTO CHATTANOOGA SH. CHERT I THICK WITH ALTERNATING MINERALIZED AND BARREN BEDS. BARREN B 80% OF UNIT AND MINERALIZATION DECREASES WITH DEPTH. ROCKWOO EXPOSED DOWN DIP ON LOWER RIDGES REC 600-615 RESERVE DATA FROM REC 700 WHICH ESTIMATES THAT LBS OF COBALT IS IN THE DEP AND THAT MN CONCENTRATES ARE 0.9 THE WHITE OAK MINE AND THE GEMES, WARD, & MCCOLLUM PROPERTIE GEORGIA COMBINED ARE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 7000 LBS OF MN OXI WITH 0.75%- 1.25% CO OR ABOUT 140,000 LBS OF COBALT (REC 706 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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