Mine detail: Red Bird Hill Bauxite Mine

Previously called 'New Mine'

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.39286, -82.20291
dep_id: 10025108
mrds_id: K000061
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bauxite
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite;Helenmode & Upper Quartzite Member Of Erwin Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1918
disc_yr: 1918
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:: KING, P.B., AND FERGUSON, H.W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 311
  • Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., AND SCHRADER, F.C., 1923, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 737, 154P.
  • Deposit:: 1923 RECON STOSE & SCHRADER
  • Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP KING AND OTHERS
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE KING & FERGUSON
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