Mine detail: Cardens Bluff Manganese Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.30676, -82.11428

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese, Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	PRE-1917, 1917-1918
First production started:	1914

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Dolomite, Early Lithologic Types;Rome Formation, Shl-Siltstone;Quartzite Member-Erwin Formation
Host type:	Dolomite

References

MRDS	K000105
DEP	10025140
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 RECON KING, P.B. AND OTHER}{Production:: KING, P.B., 1944, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL 52.}
Reporter	Fagan, James M.