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Treadway Manganese Prospect

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025136
MRDS ID K000101
Record type Site
Current site name Treadway Manganese Prospect
Related records 10178538

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.27013, 36.25787 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 5.5 MILES 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

Johnson City(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 Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALL EXPOSURES IN RESIDUAL CLAY ONLY SMALL AMOUNT MANGANESE OXIDES PRESENT

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.27013, 36.25787
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ERWIN FORMATION CROPS OUT SOUTHEAST OF PROSPECT AND IS OVERTURNED AND DIPS STEEPLY SOUTHEAST. QUARTZITE BEDS OF THE ERWIN FORMATION CROP OUT TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE PROSPECT, AND ARE OVERTURNED AND DIP STEEPLY SOUTHEAST. ; GEOL.DESC: ALL EXPOSURES IN RESIDUAL CLAYS OF SHADY DOLOMITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer W.H. Kemler

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Treadway

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF MANGANESE PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR PITS IN SMALL RAVINE LARGEST AT ALTITUDE OF 2200 FT OTHERS LOWER ON SLOPE. NO WORK DONE SINCE 1918.

Comments on development

  • NO WORK SINCE 1918

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 FERGUSON AND SMIT

Reporter information

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

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