Mine detail: Cedar Hill Manganese Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.27509, -82.16707

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite
Orebody form:	POD/LENS SHAPED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1862

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Dolomite;Erwin Formation, Silty Quartzite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Transverse Faults

References

MRDS	K000094
DEP	10025131
Reference	{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. AND OTHER}{Production:: KING, P.B AND OTHERS, 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL 52}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.