Mine detail: East Baptist Hollow Manganese Mine

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Location: Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.15203, -82.50514
dep_id: 10025207
mrds_id: K000896
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Oxides Derived By Weathering Manganese And Iron Carbonates Dissiminated In Dolomite
ore_ctrl: Residual Clays Over Shady Dolomite
Reporter: Fagan, James M.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite, Dolomite With Minor Interbedded Limestone;Erwin Formation, Siltstone & Silty Quartzite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Syncline Northwest Of Thrust Fault Between Northwest And Southeast Blocks Of The Bald Mountain Thrust Sheet
Year first produced: 1936
prod_yrs: 1936; 1938-1939; 1942
References:
  • Deposit:: RODGERS, JOHN, 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUMPASS COVE, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 54, PP. 72-73.
  • Deposit:: KING, P. B. AND OTHERS, 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 52. 275P.
  • 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 OTHERS
  • Deposit:: 1948 GEOLMAP RODGERS, J.
  • Production:: KING, P. B. AND OTHERS, TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 52
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