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Cedar Hill Manganese Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025131
MRDS ID K000094
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Hill Manganese Mine
Related records 10299540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.16707, 36.27509 (WGS84)
Elevation 652
Relative position 0.75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMPTON

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
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCED GOOD QUALITY ORE BY SELECTIVE MINING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result SEE TABKE 25, BULL. 52 P.233 FOR DETAILED PRODUCTION AND ANALYTICAL DATA.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.16707, 36.27509
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Transverse Faults

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS SHAPED
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clay

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN 1918, THE MATERIAL MINED WAS VARIEGATED AND DARK COLORED CLAY, CONTAINING STREAKS OF WAD, MASSES OF GRAPHITIC CRYSTALLINE PYROLUSITE, AND BOTRYOIDAL NODULES OF HARD MANGANESE OXIDES. IN 1936, THE MATERIAL MINED WAS "YELLOW RESIDUAL CLAY, CONTAINING POCKETS AND LENSES OF HARD MANGANESE NODULES AND WAD, WITH SOME IRON ORE OVERLAYING THE MANGANESE" (RANKIN AND LAURENCE, 1937) ; GEOL.DESC: MINED IN 1918 VARIEGATED & DARK COLORED CLAY, WITH STREAKS OF WAD MASSES OF GRAPHITIC CRYSTALLINE PYROLUSITE & BOTRYOIDAL NODULES OF MANGANESE OXIDE;IN 1936 MINED YELLOW RESIDUAL CLAY WITH POCKETS & LENSES OF HARD MN NODULES & WAD WITH IRON ORE OVERLYING MANGANESE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1862

Mining district

District name Hampton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. U. Butler
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • ONE OF LARGEST PRODUCING MANGANESE MINES IN AREA. MINE HAS BEEN OPERATED BY 4 DIFFERENT COMPANIES: MAXWELL MANGANESE MINING CO. 1918; ROAN MINING CO. 1920-1930; TENNESSEE MANGANESE CORP. 1932-1936; R.V. BUTLER 1936-1940. IRON MINED FROM AREA BEFORE AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR. PROD YEARS 1918 - 1930 , 1932 - 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN PIT & THREE TUNNELS WITH CROSS CUTS SEE MAP BULL. 52 P. 231

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: STEEP SLOPE CAUSED LANDSLIDES AND MINING PROBLEMS. LONG ORE HAUL TO WASHER LOWERED PROFIT.

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 GEOLMAP KING, P.B. AND OTHER

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE OF ORE BODY MORE OR LESS PARALLELS STRIKE OF COUNTRY ROCKS

Reporter information

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

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