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Winter 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025139
MRDS ID K000104
Record type Site
Current site name Winter Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names Taylor Or Powder Branch Mine
Related records 10299658

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.24929, 36.27148 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 4 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

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNMINED MANGANESE OXIDES STILL IN OLD WORKINGS MUCH IS LOW GRADE & MIXED WITH CHERT

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.24929, 36.27148
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Beds Dip To Southeast

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO BEDROCK IS EXPOSED AT MINE. ROME FORMATION EXPOSED TO NORTHWEST. ERWIN FORMATION EXPOSED TO SOUTHEAST AND IS OVERTURNED. BEDS DIP TO SOUTHEAST. NORTHEAST OF MINE SHADY DOLOMITE AND ADJACENT FORMATIONS ARE CUT OFF BY TRANSVERSE FAULT. ; REG.COM: ROME FORMATION EXPOSED TO NORTHWEST; ERWIN FORMATION EXPOSED TO SOUTHEAST AND OVERTURNED. DIPS TO SOUTHEAST;NO BEDROCK EXPOSED AT MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hampton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tennessee Valley Manganese Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1917 - 1934
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^59.19 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 59wt-pct
  • Year 1934
    Period 1917 - 1934
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1 Car, 49.90 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 50wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NOT WORKED SINCE 1934 . PROD YEARS 1917 - 1918, 1934.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPEN CUT 150 FEET LONG X 56 FEET WIDE & 40 FEET DEEP; BADLY SLUMPED

Comments on development

  • 1917 OPENED BY MAXWELL MANGANESE MINING CO; 1918 LEASED TO MAX MINING CO; 1919-1933 INACTIVE; 1934 OPERATED BY TENN. VALLEY MANGANESE CORP

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. AND OTHER

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE PRESENT IN WORKINGS-BUT LOW GRADE & MIXED WITH CHERT. RESIDUAL CLAY EXPOSED OVER AREA OF SEVERAL ACRES ; 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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