Mine detail: Watauga Bauxite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.39508, -82.20652

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Ball Clay
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1904

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1912-1922
First production started: 1912

Geology

Host rock:Shady Dolomite;Hampton Formation, Shl;Erwin Formation, Quartzite;Rome Formation, Shl & Siltstone
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Synclinal
Alteration processes:Kaolinitic Clay To Pisolitic Bauxite

References

MRDSK000056
DEP10025104
Reference{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}
ReporterFagan, James M.