D.A.M. Mine

Past Producer in Bradley 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 10275202
MAS/MILS ID 0470110002
Record type Site
Current site name D.A.M. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.90433, 35.02321 (WGS84)
Elevation 259

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bradley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McDonald(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conasauga(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Bradley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.90433, 35.02321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Cleveland

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 Luther Poteet (Owns One Third Of Min. Rights, All Surf.
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Davis, T. H. (Owns One Third Of Mineral Rights).
    Home office Alabama
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Crossin Heirs (Own One Third Of Mineral Rights).
    Home office Alabama
    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. 238

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 50, PLATE 14 AND PP. 18

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