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Lick Log Hollow Open Cuts Manganese

Past Producer in Unicoi 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025206
MRDS ID K000894
Record type Site
Current site name Lick Log Hollow Open Cuts Manganese
Related records 10276013

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.51958, 36.14065 (WGS84)
Relative position AT SOUTHWEST END OF COVE AT MOUTH OF LICK LOG HOLLOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Unicoi(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nolichucky(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 Unicoi

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 1, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54.

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, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite;Hampton Formation; Siltstone, Shl, Arkose, Quartzite;Unicoi Formation; Arkosic Sst, Quartzite, Cgl
    Rock description Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Lst;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite;Hampton Formation; Siltstone, Shl, Arkose, Quartzite;Unicoi Formation; Arkosic Sst, Quartzite, Cgl
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.51958, 36.14065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERNATING STREAKS OF BROWN WADDY CLAY AND YELLOW CLAY. ORE CHIEFLY IN BROWN CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Production years 1942

Mining district

District name Bumpass Cove (Embreeville) District

Comments on development

  • DRILLED IN 1942, MANGANESE MINED ; ECON.COM: PROSPECTING RECOMMENDED FARTHER SOUTHWEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, 82 P

  • Deposit

    1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J

  • Production

    RODGERS, JOHN, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 54

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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