| Deposit ID | 10178797 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0471550001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | East Fork Mine |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -83.38428, 35.8282 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 413 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sevier(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Richardson Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower French Broad(hydrologic unit)
French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Sevier |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Magnesite | Unknown |
| Psilomelane | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Rhodochrosite | Unknown |
| Sulfur | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -83.38428, 35.8282 |
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| Strike | N35E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 90N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 20M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 366M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 7HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1792 |
| District name | East Fork District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arthur Howard (Surface Rights) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tennessee Manganese Corp. (Mineral Rights) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 145136000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 145136000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 8980000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 8980000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 8980000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0471550001 |
CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED WAR MIN. REPT., 1945, MANGANESE, SE
COUNTY, TENNESSEE
O NEILL, J.F., ET.AL., RECONNAISANCE OF E. TENN. MANGANESE D
UNPUBLISHED BU MINES RI, CONFIDENTIAL WAR MINERALS REPORT FILES, JOHNSON CO.
PIERCE, W.G., USGS BULL 940-J, 1943, P 273
REICHERT, STANLEY O., TENN. DEPT- OF CONSERVATION, DIV. OF G
BULL 50, 1942, PP 150-155
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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