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Bear Wallow 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025132
MRDS ID K000096
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Wallow Manganese Mine
Related records 10202253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.11373, 36.41702 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF CARTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carter(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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.11373, 36.41702
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Overlying Shady Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer C. F. Ammons
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Zenith Mining Co

Production statistics

  • Year 1927
    Period 1926 - 1927
    Description Cp_Grade: ^35 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN OPENING 250 FT X 150 FT X 20 FT DEEP; SECOND CUT 60 FT X 20 FT X 10 FT. DEEP; 20 PROSPECT PITS & TWO TRENCHES ON RIDGE

Comments on development

  • 1926 WORKED BY AMMONS, 1926 SOLD TO ZENITH MINING CO WHICH WORKED UNTIL 1927; MINERAL RIGHTS HELD BY VIRGINIA IRON, COAL & COKE CO.

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 AND OTHER

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICH ORE BODY REMOVED FROM MAIN CUT BUT SIMILIAR ORE MAY BE PRESENT ELSEWHERE ON RIDGE ; 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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