Hambright Mine

Past Producer in Bradley county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274783
MAS/MILS ID 0470110001
Record type Site
Current site name Hambright Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -84.89553, 35.05231 (WGS84)
Elevation 286
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bradley(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McDonald(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conasauga(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Bradley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Manganite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -84.89553, 35.05231

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 61M
    Length 244M
    Width 183M
    Area 14.8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N00S:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 14.8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Cleveland

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated High Grade Ore Co.
    Home office Tennessee
    Year 1974

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1950
    Measured 508mt ore
    Indicated 1524mt ore
    Demonstrated 2032mt ore
    Inferred 1524mt ore
    Total resources 3556mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silica SiO2 0.79 wt-pct Silica Trace 1950
    Aluminum Al2O3 0.83 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1950
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.087 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 1950
    Iron Fe2O3 2.1499 wt-pct Iron Trace 1950
    Manganese Mn 56.49 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONEILL ET AL, RECONNAISSANCE OF EAST TENNESSEE MANGANESE D

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED BUMINES RPT, SEPT, 1954, P 237.

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY COUNTY, HAMBRIGHT MINE, MANGANESE-IRON, UNPUBLISHE

  • Deposit

    MINES RPT, FILE NO. T-6-MNF1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 020, OWNER- CLEVELAND, TENN (700 P 237). REC 050, EXPLORATION- DATA FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF REC 70 REC 060-61, 070-071, 080- DATA FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF RE ORIGINAL RECORDS REVISED 12-76 BY SCHMIDT, EFOC. REC 601-615, MATRIX- FROM REC 702, CONVERTED FROM ASSUMED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references