| Deposit ID | 10126852 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0370430009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vineyard Mountain |
| Alternate or previous names | Manganese Phase of Schistose Rock |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.66429, 35.06071 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1219 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Shooting Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)
Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Nantahala National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Croatan National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
National Forests in North Carolina(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Clay |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -83.66429, 35.06071 |
|---|
| Strike | N30E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 45N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3219M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 247M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1919 |
| District name | Shooting Creek |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nantahala National Forest |
| Home office | North Carolina |
| Year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0370430009 |
WHITE,WILLIAM A., MINERAL INVESTIGATION TWO, MANGANESE DEPOS
NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. DEPT. OF CONSERV. AND DEVELOPEMENT, DIV
OF MINERAL RESOURCES, ADVANCE REPORT, 1944
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NAME OF FORMATION IS DESIGNATION USED ON N.C. STATE GEOL. MA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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