Bishop and Associates Prospect

Prospect in McMinn county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202098
MAS/MILS ID 0471070002
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop and Associates Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -84.70303, 35.28261 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McMinn(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calhoun(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee McMinn

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -84.70303, 35.28261

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Charleston District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. J. M. Bishop (Bishop Tract)
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jules Hall And Mathis (J. B. Kiner Tract)
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Moore (J. M. Lawson Tract)
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clee Moore (T. M. Mcknight Tract)
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONEILL, J.F. ET AL, RECONN. OF EAST TENN. MN. DEPOSITS, UNPU

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPT., 1954, P. 233

  • Deposit

    TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 50, PLATE 14 AND PAGE 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.