Mine detail: Bald Knob Deposit

Previously called 'Primary Ore BodyCrouse Knob Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.53898, -81.08231

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Manganese
Other material:	Galaxite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Spessartite, Tephroite
Discovery year:	1944

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS	370050001
DEP	10150753
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS MINERAL RESOURCE MAP MR-23, 1962}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 427, 1910, 298 P.}{Deposit:: USBM MANGANESE SURVEY, 1952.}{Deposit:: SIMMONS, W.B. MANGANESE MINERALS OF BALD KNOB, NORTH}{Deposit:: CAROLINA. THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, MAY-JUNE, 1981,}{Deposit:: V. 12, NO. 3, PP. 167-171.}
Reporter	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)