Mine detail: Cedar Hill Manganese Mine

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.27509, -82.16707
dep_id: 10025131
mrds_id: K000094
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: POD/LENS SHAPED
conc_proc: Residual Concentration
ore_ctrl: Residual Clay
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite;Erwin Formation, Silty Quartzite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Transverse Faults
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1862
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. AND OTHER
  • Production:: KING, P.B AND OTHERS, 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL 52
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