Mine detail: Elizabethton, Tenn. Bauxite

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.33342, -82.16652

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite
Orebody form: SINKHOLE FILL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Dolomite

References

MRDSW001480
DEP10068424
Reference{Deposit:: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1199-L}{Deposit:: KING, P. B., AND FERGUSON, H. W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF NORTHEASTERNMOST TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 311. P. 136}{Deposit:: DUNLAP, J.C., BERGQUIST, H.R, CRAIG, L.C., AND OVERSTREET, E.F., 1965, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1199-L, P. L1-L37.}{Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP P. B. KIN}
ReporterPatterson, Sam H.