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Jenkins Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Carter county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025130
MRDS ID K000093
Record type Site
Current site name Jenkins Manganese Mine
Related records 10129327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.20402, 36.29009 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
Relative position 1.25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF VALLEY FORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elizabethton(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 Primary

Analytical data

Result 36.20% MN
Result 4.78% FE
Result 17.71% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite;Erwin Formation, Upper Quartzite Member
    Rock description Shady Dolomite;Erwin Formation, Upper Quartzite Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.20402, 36.29009
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO UNWEATHERED DOLOMITE EXPOSED BUT THE ERWIN FORMATION CROPS OUT UP THE SLOPE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND DIPS 60 DEG. NW. ; GEOL.DESC: CLAY BLANKETED BY LAYER OF RED MEALY SOIL UP TO 5 FEET THICK ; REG.COM: NO UNWEATHERED DOLOMITE EXPOSED;ERWIN FORMATION DIPS 60 DEG. NORTHWEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Hampton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. C. Miller And W. A. Mcqueen

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1917 - 1942
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^37.99 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 38wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS 1917 - 1918 & 1941 - 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS 20 OR 30 FEET LONG X 8 FEET DEEP; BADLY CAVED

Comments on development

  • MINE OPENED 1917 BY J.N. KOCH AND ASSOCIATES WHO PRODUCED ONE CARLOAD OF CONCENTRATES. IN 1918 H.V. MAXWELL SHIPPED 3 CARLOADS OF CONCENTRATES. MINE WAS INACTIVE 1918-1941. IN SPRING OF 1941 MINE WORKED BY L.C. MILLER AND DR. A.E. MILLER.IN 1942 MINE WAS WORKED BY L.C MILLER AND W.A. MCQUEEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON KING, P.B. ENCOURAGIN

  • Production

    KING, P.B. AND OTHERS, 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO REMNANTS OF VALLEY FLOOR PRESENT IN VICINITY, FLOAT ORE OVER ABOUT 2 OR 3 ACRES
Deposit THE OPENINGS AT THE MINE SUGGEST A SMALL ORE BODY ISPRESENT. FLOAT ORE IN SOIL IN THE TWO OR THREE ACRES AROUND WORKINGS SUGGEST ORE MAY BE PRESENT ELSEWHERE ON TRACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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