Mine detail: Bear Wallow Manganese Mine

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.41702, -82.11373
dep_id: 10025132
mrds_id: K000096
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Residual Accumulation
ore_ctrl: Residual Clays Overlying Shady Dolomite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite;Erwin Formation, Helenmode Member, Sandstone
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1926
discr: C. F. Ammons
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 AND OTHER
  • Production:: KING, P.B. AND OTHERS, 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52
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