Mine detail: Winter Manganese Mine

Previously called 'Taylor Or Powder Branch Mine'

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Location: Carter County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.27148, -82.24929
dep_id: 10025139
mrds_id: K000104
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Residual Concentration
ore_ctrl: Residual Clays
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite, Early Lithologic Types;Quartzite Member-Erwin Formation;Rome Formation, Shl
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Overturned Beds Dip To Southeast
Year first produced: 1917
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 RECON KING, P.B. AND OTHER
  • Production:: KING, P.B. AND OTHERS, 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52
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