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Bowers 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. 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 10025142
MRDS ID K000107
Record type Site
Current site name Bowers Manganese Mine
Related records 10154361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.12151, 36.35008 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 1.25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BLUE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carter(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watauga Dam(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

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECTS, TEST PITS & DRILL HOLES IN AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result MN-22.32%
Result FE-17.58%
Result S102 22.79
Result A1203-7.52%
Result P205-0.16%
Result H20-10.88

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Erwin Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Trending Transverse Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON TERRACE AT MINE SHADY COVERED BY BROWN RESIDUAL CLAY, WHICH IS COVERED BY 5 TO 10 FEET OF RED MEALY SOIL RED SURFACE SOIL CONTAINS ABUNDENT FRAGMENTS OF HARDMANGANESE OXIDES. SOME ARE HIGH GRADE, MOST CONTAIN IRON OXICES, AND A FEW ARE SANDY. INTERMINGLED WITH THE FRAGMENTS ARE MANY QUARTZ DOLOCASTS AND GRAGMENTS OF CHERT AND JASPEROID. THE UNDERLYING BROWN CLAY CONTAINS LEANER MANGANESE ORE. THE CLAY ELSEWHERE ON THE TRACT APPEARS SIMILIAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. D. Hutchens

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Period 1927 - 1928
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^22.32 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 22wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NO MINING SINCE 1928-PROSPECTING 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OPEN CUTS-LARGEST 100 FEET SQUARE X 15 FEET DEEP SEE MAP TN DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52 P 181

Comments on development

  • NO MINING DONE AFTER 1928. PROSPECTING BY MCCASLING AND BRANNON IN 1941. 30 TEST HOLES 50 FT DEEP WERE DRILLED OVER ABOUT 5 ACRES, PROBABLY BY HUTCHENS.

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 AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS IN RESIDUAL CLAY OF SHADY, ORE IN RED SURFACE SOIL, UNDERLYING BROWN CLAY LEANER
Deposit AVE. CONCENTRATES TO ORE ABOUT 1 TO 20. NO ORE BODY IN RESIDUAL CLAY. ORE WILL YIELD LOW GRADE FERRUGINOUS MN CONCENTRATES THE OLD IRON CUT FURTHER SOUTHEAST IN THE HOLLOW IS IN SHALE OF THE HELENMODE MEMBER. HERE SHALE HAS BEEN PARTLY REPLACED BY IRON OXIDES. NO MANGANESE WAS OBSERVED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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