Location: | Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.14953, -82.51097 |
dep_id: | 10102252 |
mrds_id: | K000888 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Manganese, Iron |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
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 |
yfp_ba: | < |
Year first produced: | 1844 |
prod_yrs: | PRE 1844; 1935; 1939-1943 |
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