Mine detail: Taylor Ridge Manganese Mine

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.4323, -82.08123
dep_id: 10025103
mrds_id: K000055
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Ore In Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite;Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation, Sst & Shl;Upper Quartzite Member-Erwin Formation, Quartzite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1925
prod_yrs: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., FERGUSON, H.W., CRAIG, L.C., RODGERS, JOHN, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52, 275P
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP KING, P.B
  • Production:: KING, P.B., 1944
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