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Blevins 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 10025144
MRDS ID K000109
Record type Site
Current site name Blevins Manganese Mine
Related records 10299397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.03595, 36.47119 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 1.25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BULADEEN

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

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS OVER 16 ACRE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 31.29% MN
Result 10.36% FE
Result 19.58% SIO2
Result 4.38 AL2O3
Result 0.42%P2O5
Result 8.41% H2O

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.03595, 36.47119
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Trending West Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL SYNCLINE PROBABLY RELATED TO CROSS MOUNTAIN FAULT. FLANKED BY HELENMODE MEMBER. NO UNWEATHERED DOLOMITE IN MINE AREA SEE GEOL. MAP P. 192 BULL. 52 ; GEOL.DESC: BUCKFAT CLAY & SANDY CLAY PARTLY REPLACED BY MANGANESE NUMEROUS WADDY STREAKS & SMALL SCATTERED ROD-LIKE NODULES OF MN OXIDE IN BUCKFAT MOST OF NODULES DULL LUSTERED & LOW GRADE, NO HIGH GRADE NODULES SEEN. ; REG.COM: SMALL SYNCLINE PROBABLY RELATED TO CROSS MOUNTAIN FAULT. FLANKED BY HELENMODE MEMBER. NO UNWEATHERED DOLOMITE IN MINE AREA. SEE GEOL. MAP BULL 52, P 192

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stony Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Schull And Slagle

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Period 1917 - 1928
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^31.29 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 31wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1917 BY CAPT. ROBINSON; 1927-1928 BY C. F. AMMONS & DAN COMBS MINE SOLD 1928 TO SCHULL & SLAGLE . PROD YEARS 1917 , 1927 - 1928

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA MINED AND PROSPECTED COVERS ABOUT 16 ACRES.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1917 BY CAPT. ROBINSON

Reporter information

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

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