Mine detail: Watauga Bauxite Mine

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.39508, -82.20652
dep_id: 10025104
mrds_id: K000056
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Trace mineral: Ball Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Kaolinitic Clay To Pisolitic Bauxite
conc_proc: Reworked Shale-Weathering
ore_ctrl: Sinkholes & Solution Cavities In Shady Dolomite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite;Hampton Formation, Shl;Erwin Formation, Quartzite;Rome Formation, Shl & Siltstone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Synclinal
Year first produced: 1912
disc_yr: 1904
prod_yrs: 1912-1922
discr: Blevins,W.W.
References:
  • Deposit:: PURDUE, A.H., 1914, BAUXITE IN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE, V. 4, NO. 2, P. 87-92
  • 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:: KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311, 136P.
  • Deposit:: 1914 COMPILE TENN DIV GEOL
  • Deposit:: 1941 DIREXPL REYNOLDS METALS
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOMAP KING AND OTHERS
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE KING & FERGUSON
  • Production:: TENN DIV GEOL BULL 52, P. 210-213
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