Mine detail: White Manganese Prospect

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.39147, -82.16763
dep_id: 10025137
mrds_id: K000102
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Helenmode Member-Erwin Formation, Sst;Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Sandstone
disc_yr: 1929
discr: C. H. White Sr.
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, 136P.
  • Deposit:: REICHERT, S.O., 1942, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 50, 212P.
  • Deposit:: 1942 COMPILE TENN DIV GEOL
  • Deposit:: 1944 RECON KING AND OTHERS
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE KING & FERGUSON
  • Production:: TENN DIV GEOL BULL 52
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